Emerald Ash Borer Girdled Trap Tree Survey Update, November 18, 2019

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Insect & Disease Conditions Update

Emerald Ash Borer Girdled Trap Tree Survey Update

Maine Forest Service Entomologist Colleen Teerling examines an ash sample with evidence of emerald ash borer attack.

Maine Forest Service Entomologist Colleen Teerling examines an ash sample with evidence of emerald ash borer attack.

Augusta - The Maine Forest Service and our cooperators are processing the ash trees that were girdled last spring in an effort to detect new locations with emerald ash borer (EAB).  The first peeling workshop was held in York County earlier this month.  Trees in Acton, Lebanon and Berwick, where EAB had been previously found, showed signs of the insect. Trees with evidence of EAB attack were also found in three York County towns without prior EAB detections: Alfred, Kittery and Limington.  These locations are already within the state and federal quarantine area.

We will continue to look at girdled trees throughout the state over the next few weeks and will provide updates as they are available.  Our next log peeling workshop will be held in Madawaska on November 21st, a final workshop is scheduled for December 4th in Bar Harbor (only trees from outside the quarantine or order area should be transported to this event, see www.maine.gov/eab for quarantine and order area maps).

For more details on the workshops mentioned above or if you girdled a trap tree last spring and have not heard from us or have not responded to us about peeling it, please email patti.roberts@maine.gov or call (207) 287-2431.  We don’t want to miss any trees that were girdled. If you can’t get your tree to one of the previously mentioned events, we will work with you to find a solution.

If you suspect you have seen emerald ash borer or evidence of its attack on trees in Maine, please report it at www.maine.gov/eab

For more information on the girdled trap tree program, visit: https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mfs/forest_health/invasive_threats/eab_trap_trees.htm