Wisconsin Ag Connection - New EAB Quarantines Cover Four More Counties

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New EAB Quarantines Cover Four More Counties
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 09/12/2014

Emerald ash borer has been confirmed in Calumet County, which will now be quarantined along with the surrounding counties of Kewaunee, Manitowoc and Outagamie.

"It's very likely that EAB is also present in those three counties, but it's difficult to detect low-level infestations, and the new infestation in Calumet County is very close to its border with Outagamie County," said Brian Kuhn, director of the Bureau of Plant Industry at DATCP. "The pattern of movement of regulated goods within this part of Wisconsin also points to the wisdom of enacting these precautionary quarantines."

The Calumet County infestation was found in the Village of Sherwood, just north of High Cliff Public Golf Course, about four miles from the Outagamie County line.

Quarantines prohibit ash wood products and hardwood firewood from being moved to areas that are not quarantined.

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