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Article: GRANT COUNTY ADDED TO EMERALD ASH BORER/WOOD QUARANTINE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 28, 2009
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INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 27 -- The Indiana Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release:
A new find of emerald ash borer (EAB), an invasive forest insect that kills ash trees, has been detected in Van Buren Township in Grant County as a result of the statewide EAB survey and trapping program.
The EAB survey, part of which includes the hanging of purple panel traps in trees around the state, is a cooperative effort of the Indiana DNR and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Van Buren Township is now quarantined for regulated ash material and hardwood firewood that could spread the pest farther into Indiana. Robert E. Carter Jr., director of the DNR, declared the ...