June 2009

06/19/2009 11:18 AM
New York finds emerald ash borer
Posted by: L. Greenwood
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Tags: Pests in the News

For the first time, the emerald ash borer has been found in New York state. This is a sad, but not unexpected, discovery.
 
The borers were found by observant USDA employees near a highway. It is not known right now if this infestation is from contaminated nursery stock, the movement of firewood, or another vector.
 
To read the press release, visit http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/55725.html
 

06/12/2009 11:22 AM
New Hampshire ban considered
Posted by: L. Greenwood
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All the states of the Northeast are thinking hard about the Worcester infestation of Asian longhorned beetle. As a result, some- like New Hampshire- are taking steps to protect themselves from the knowns (like Worcester residents moving firewood) and evn the unknowns (you just never know where the next infestation will be discovered.)

 

06/09/2009 4:12 PM
Quarantines and borders
Posted by: L. Greenwood
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Tags: Quarantines

I've been reading a lot in the news about quarantines in various states- how they are expanding, how new infestations mean new quarantines, and other ideas. I think that the constant shifts in these borders should signal something to the public, and by that, I mean to YOU... you don't want to rely on a quarantine boundary to make your decisions. These things are imperfect, because nobody can ever know everything there is to know about where the bugs are.
 

06/01/2009 6:36 PM
Firewood suspected for Kentucky outbreak
Posted by: L. Greenwood
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Tags: Outbreaks, Pests in the News

The newly discovered infestations of emerald ash borer that were found in Kentucky are thought to have come from firewood, says University of Kentucky entomologist Lee Townsend.

 

To read this short news story, visit it at the Louisville Public Radio website.