More EAB Beetles in Randolph
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation says more trees in the Randolph area have been infested with emerald ash borer, a tree-killing beetle first confirmed in New York last year.
DEC foresters have detected emerging insects on private woodlands south of Interstate 86, but within the previously established quarantine area.
The emerald ash borer is a small but destructive beetle that infests and kills North American ash tree species, including green, white, black and blue ash.
Since it was first discovered in Michigan in 2002, the emerald ash borer has spread to 13 states, including Pennsylvania, and two Canadian provinces and is responsible for the destruction of 70 million trees in the United States alone.
After the insect was discovered in Cattaraugus County last year, a multi-agency effort was undertaken to attempt to control its spread.
An informational meeting was held last night in Randolph and DEC officials say property owners, and communties, should be ready for the beetle to spread even further.
And, for people who don’t know yet, those purple boxes hanging from trees throughout the region are emerald ash borer traps used by DEC and other agencies to track the beetle.
http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/66213.html
DEC foresters have detected emerging insects on private woodlands south of Interstate 86, but within the previously established quarantine area.
The emerald ash borer is a small but destructive beetle that infests and kills North American ash tree species, including green, white, black and blue ash.
Since it was first discovered in Michigan in 2002, the emerald ash borer has spread to 13 states, including Pennsylvania, and two Canadian provinces and is responsible for the destruction of 70 million trees in the United States alone.
After the insect was discovered in Cattaraugus County last year, a multi-agency effort was undertaken to attempt to control its spread.
An informational meeting was held last night in Randolph and DEC officials say property owners, and communties, should be ready for the beetle to spread even further.
And, for people who don’t know yet, those purple boxes hanging from trees throughout the region are emerald ash borer traps used by DEC and other agencies to track the beetle.
http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/66213.html
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