 The emerald ash borer quarantine area in New England
is growing due to expansions in Massachusetts (immediate) and Connecticut
(pending). In New Hampshire, the planned expansion to Hillsboro County
occurred on October 30th, this brings the quarantine area in New
Hampshire to three counties. For more information on the southern New
England changes, see the update below from the Massachusetts Introduced Pests
Outreach Project. For more information on the New Hampshire situation,
check out www.nhbugs.org.
Emerald ash borer has not been found in Maine. This
year MFS and cooperators monitored for the invasive beetle at 610 trap sites;
31 trap tree sites and 35 biosurveillance sites. In addition, we received
hundreds of reports of suspected sightings of the pest from concerned
public. To learn more about emerald ash borer, including how to recognize
and report the pest visit: www.maine.gov/eab.
You can sign up to receive Massachusetts’ pest alerts by
visiting their website: http://massnrc.org/pests/signup.aspx;
New Hampshire’s at: http://nhbugs.org/nhbugs-news-updates
and Maine’s at: http://maine.gov/dacf/mfs/publications/condition_reports.html.
From:
Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014
11:27 AM
Subject: Statewide quarantine
for Emerald Ash Borer goes into effect today (11/17/2014)
The Department of Conservation and
Recreation (DCR) announced late last week that the Emerald Ash Borer quarantine
area will go state-wide as of Monday, November 17, 2014. The quarantine area
previously covered only Berkshire and Essex County.
The quarantine order means that
certain products will be prohibited from moving outside the regulated area,
including all hardwood firewood (any piece of wood smaller than 48 inches), all
ash nursery stock, and any ash lumber that has not been treated. Proper wood
treatments include the removal of the bark plus an additional half an inch of
wood, dry kiln sterilization, or fumigation/heat treatments.
Ash trees also remain one of the 13
regulated host trees for the Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB). The 110 square mile
ALB regulated area in Worcester County restricts the movement beyond the
regulated boundaries of ash along with any other ALB host tree. The ALB
regulated area includes Worcester, Shrewsbury, West Boylston, Boylston, and
parts of Holden and Auburn.
The full press release can be found
at http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dcr/news/2014/2014-11-12pr.pdf
Also,
please note that Connecticut is also making plans to extend their Emerald Ash
Borer quarantine statewide (http://1.usa.gov/1vkKCQy)
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