Insect & Disease Conditions Update
An
Emerald Ash Borer Information Session will be held tonight, October 1st,
2018, in Lebanon Maine at the Lebanon Elementary School Beginning at 6:30
pm. Officials from USDA Forest Service,
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Maine Department of
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry will be on hand to provide background,
answer questions and listen to concerns.
For more information on emerald ash borer in Maine visit www.maine.gov/eab.
USDA
APHIS has announced an open comment period on deregulation of emerald ash
borer. Visit regulations.gov and search
for emerald ash borer to comment or follow this link: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS-2017-0056-0001.
For more information on the items below visit http://www.inspection.gc.ca/plants/plant-pests-invasive-species/insects/emerald-ash-borer/latest-information/eng/1337287614593/1337287715022.
New Brunswick: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced
the addition of most of Madawaska County , which lies just north of Maine, to
the regulated area for emerald ash borer due to the detection in Edmundston,
NB. The new regulated area in New
Brunswick consists of the county of Madawaska, excluding the municipality of
Grand Falls.
Nova Scotia: The emerald ash borer and associated tree damage were
confirmed in the City of Bedford, Nova Scotia, just inland from Halifax.
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