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| Emerald Ash Borer Continues to Move East | 2010-06-01 |
The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) (Agrilus planipennis) is a destructive woodboring insect that attacks ash trees (Fraxinus spp., including green ash, white ash, black ash, and several horticultural varieties of ash). The insect, which is indigenous to Asia and known to occur in China, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, the Russian Far East, Taiwan, and Canada, eventually kills healthy ash trees after it bores beneath their bark and disrupts their vascular tissues. Although EAB adults have been known to fly as much as one-half mile from one tree to the next, the pest can also spread when infested nursery trees, logs, or firewood are transported from one region to the next. Ash trees are valuable to the commercial timber industry and are commonly planted in urban areas. To view the official USDA APHIS announcement in the May 25, 2010 Federal Register, click here To view the official USDA APHIS information page on the Emerald Ash Borer, click here. . | |
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The Emeral Ash Borer (EAB) has recently been detected in the State of New York for the first time as it continues to move eastward from its original detection in the Great Lake States. In addition to New York, the USDA APHIS is amending the current restrictive regulations by adding counties in Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and the entire state of West Virginia.
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