HORT ALERT: 12-12-2014 Emerald Ash Borer found in Warrick County

[The following Hort Alert was issued on 12 Dec 2014 and posted here by ACCA Companies for the benefit of protecting ash trees in the tri-state area - JGW]

Hort Alert by Larry Caplan, Extension Horticulture Educator

Purdue Extension Service, Vanderburgh County

13301 Darmstadt Rd.

Evansville, IN  47725  Ph:  812-435-5287 -or- 812-867-4935

Email:  LCaplan@purdue.edu

http://www.ag.purdue.edu/counties/vanderburgh/

Released by Purdue Extension Service, Vanderburgh County Extension Horticulture Educator, Larry Caplan on 12 Dec 2014:

Emerald ash borer (EAB), an invasive insect that kills ash trees has been detected for the first time in Warrick, Jennings, Pike, Scott, Spencer, and Sullivan counties. 

Purple panel traps used to detect the pest captured EAB adults in Pike, Spencer, Sullivan and Warrick counties.

Of Indiana’s 92 counties, 79 have now detected EAB.

Moving firewood spreads forest pests. The Indiana EAB quarantine regulates the movement of certain materials such as whole ash trees, ash limbs, untreated ash lumber with the bark attached, and cut firewood of any hardwood species with the bark attached.

With EAB detections in these new counties, the effectiveness of the quarantine is being evaluated. A decision will be announced in the new year as to whether the county-level quarantine will continue.

Visitors to DNR properties may only bring in firewood if it is certified by the USDA or DNR Division of Entomology & Plant Pathology, or is free of bark. 

For more information on EAB, or to report an infestation, visit eabindiana.info or call Indiana DNR's toll-free hotline at 1-866-NO EXOTIC (663-9684). To view the EAB Rule and EAB quarantine declaration visit dnr.IN.gov/entomolo/3443.htm.

   This map shows the recent discovery of EAB in Folsomville, IN, which is in Warrick County.

I will be providing detailed information on protecting high value landscape ash trees in late winter/early spring.  However, if you want to start reading up on it, you might want to download “Insect Options for Protecting Ash Trees from Emerald Ash Borer”: http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/EAB/pdf/NC-IPM.pdf .

[Hort Alert is a free service from the Purdue Extension Service of Vanderburgh County.  Your name and email will never be shared with anyone else.]

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Larry Caplan, Extension Horticulture Educator

Purdue Extension Service, Vanderburgh County