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A new infestation of EAB, found in Wisconsin, puts Minnesota and Iowa at great risk.

An observant person along the banks of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin recently found and reported a previously unknown infestation of Emerald ash borer. Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa have all issued press releases about this new infestation, as it is near the states' borders. The press releases can all be boiled down to a few quick facts;

• Emerald ash borer will be very damaging to this area, and so this is a sad, worrisome, and soon to be expensive, discovery.
• Don't move firewood
• If you don't live near any infestations, you should still be observant, and still not move firewood, because you just never know.

Here are the press release links for further information;

• Wisconsin
• Minnesota
• Iowa does not have its press release online (or at least, I cannot find it). I hope it will soon be available at http://iowatreepests.typepad.com/, as this seems like a likely and intelligent place to post it.