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Gillibrand appeals for federal funds to fight EAB
Jul 31, 2013 6:58 am
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EAB infested and quarantined counties in New York. The insect has now spread eastward into New Hampshire. (NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation)[/caption]
Jim Planck reports in The Daily Mail Sen. Kirsten Kirsten Gillibrand has asked U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for funding to combat the Emerald Ash Borer. Greene and Ulster counties together form the largest core area of New York’s Emerald Ash Borer infestation. Gillibrand, who sits on the Senate’s Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, said in her letter to Vilsack, the insect “has the potential to destroy 7.5 percent of trees across the U.S.,” and that it “is continuing to spread, causing serious devastation to our trees, and potential harm to some of our wood industries.” Gillibrand said it is critical the federal government provide the necessary resources to reverse the trend. The Asian insect migrated quickly after it first surfaced in the Detroit area in 2002. It now infests 21 states plus the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario. Its larval form burrows under the ash tree’s bark and cut off the flow of all fluids, killing the tree. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
EAB infested and quarantined counties in New York. The insect has now spread eastward into New Hampshire. (NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation)[/caption]Jim Planck reports in The Daily Mail Sen. Kirsten Kirsten Gillibrand has asked U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for funding to combat the Emerald Ash Borer. Greene and Ulster counties together form the largest core area of New York’s Emerald Ash Borer infestation. Gillibrand, who sits on the Senate’s Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, said in her letter to Vilsack, the insect “has the potential to destroy 7.5 percent of trees across the U.S.,” and that it “is continuing to spread, causing serious devastation to our trees, and potential harm to some of our wood industries.” Gillibrand said it is critical the federal government provide the necessary resources to reverse the trend. The Asian insect migrated quickly after it first surfaced in the Detroit area in 2002. It now infests 21 states plus the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario. Its larval form burrows under the ash tree’s bark and cut off the flow of all fluids, killing the tree. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.