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EAB quarantine in Iowa

PHOTO COURTESY OF ISU EXTENSION AND OUTREACH

For details on EAB, see: www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/ PM2084.pdf

Be vigilant! Stay tuned! An infestation of the Emerald Ash Borer has been detected in Creston, Iowa.

Creston is in the southwest corner of Iowa, about halfway between Des Moines and Maryville, Mo. This is the fifth location of EAB identification in Iowa.

On Nov. 1, 2013, a quarantine was established in twenty-five counties of eastern Iowa restricting the movement of hardwood firewood, ash logs, wood chips and ash tree nursery stock out of the quarantined counties. Moving firewood is one of the easiest ways that EAB can spread and cause more infestations.

According to Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, there are preventative chemical treatments available for healthy ash trees in urban areas (treatment of trees in forested areas is not practical).