Emerald Ash Borer Articles

Michigan expands emerald ash borer quarantine – SooToday.com, Lansing, MI - November 14, 2008
The Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) revised its emerald ash borer (EAB) quarantine to consolidate all 68 contiguous counties of the Lower Peninsula into one quarantine level - effective immediately.

Local union stalls the greening of Detroit – The Detroit News, Detroit, MI - November 12, 2008
In July the city administration presented the City Council with a $200,000 contract for The Greening of Detroit, a non-profit dedicated to the reforestation of the city. The group was to plant 2,000 saplings in neighborhoods most affected by the Emerald Ash Borer.

Firewood ban lifted – nbc25online.com, Clio, MI - November 11, 2008
Because of the aggressive spread of the emerald ash borer the state of Michigan has changed it's restrictions on transporting firewood in the Lower Peninsula.

Emerald ash borer quarantine expanded – Galesburg.com, Springfield, IL - November 11, 2008
The Illinois Department of Agriculture has added all or part of four central Illinois counties to its emerald ash borer quarantine to prevent the artificial spread of the destructive pest through the movement of infested wood and nursery stock.

MSU, E.L. team up to battle beetle – LSJ.com, East Lansing, MI - November 10, 2008
The city has cut down hundreds of insect-infested tree branches to help Michigan State University researchers find a way to stop the spread of a fatal exotic beetle.

Morton Arboretum Reveals the Latest Information on Emerald Ash... – Lawn & Landscape, Cleveland, OH - September 14, 2006
As fall clean up and other preparations for winter begin - is there something that can be done to guard against the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)?...

Ash Borer's Spread is Costly for Landowners – Toledo Blade, OH - April 13, 2006
...owners in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan have a choice to make now that government efforts to control the spread of the Emerald Ash Borer locally have...