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| Photo credit: David Cappaert, Michigan State University, www.forestryimages.org |
With the sighting of a destructive insect pest just 50 miles north of Corning, Arkansas forestry officials are keeping an eye out for the emerald ash borer.
The borer feeds under the bark of trees, cutting the flow of water and nutrients. The damage is so severe that even healthy ash trees can die within two to four years.
There is a federal quarantine regulating movement of ash trees, lumber and firewood outside infested states. The Arkansas State Plant Board, the Army Corps of Engineers, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture are working to gauge spread of this imported pest.
Entomologists say the borer, a native of Asia, was first spotted in Michigan in 2002 and probably arrived years earlier in crates, pallets or other shipping materials. The borer is now found in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Wisconsin and Missouri.
For more information about the ash borer:
To learn more about this destructive pest, see our fact sheet Emerald Ash Borer: A Potential Pest of Ash Trees in Arkansas - FSA-7066 (PDF).
Map showing highest concentration of ash trees in Arkansas
Don't Move Firewood Poster (PDF)
Don't Bring Firewood With You (PDF)
Emerald Ash Borer - Pest Alert (PDF)
Emerald Ash Borer Related Web Sites
Videos about preventative measures consumers can take to help halt the insect’s spread:
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