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Latest News on Asian Longhorned Beetle -- ALB newsletter 7/27/10
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Posted on: 7/28/2010
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This is the ALB Newsletter (Volume 2, Issue 9, 07/27/2010), your link to the latest information about the Asian Longhorned Beetle, brought to you by the Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project (MIPOP). Get this news as it happens with the ALB Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/albtweets, or follow the ALB on Facebook: http://bit.ly/alb_fb.
With the recent find of ALB in Boston, news is coming in fast and furious - Scroll through to see: Recent News, Other News, Upcoming Events and Volunteer Opportunities, Regulation and Compliance, and General Information.
----Recent News----
Asian longhorned beetle has been found in Boston. On July 6th, six infested red maple trees were removed and destroyed on the grounds of Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. A 1.5 mile radius regulated area has been established, covering 10 square miles. Some of the first coverage of this news:
- Destructive Asian Longhorned Beetle Now in Boston (WBZ38): http://bit.ly/alb_in_boston
- Asian longhorned beetle makes way to Boston (Worcester T&G): http://bit.ly/bYeu8P
- Officials to launch intensive search for the voracious beetles (Boston Globe): http://bit.ly/aMyDPN
Boston infestation helpful links:
- The Boston/Brookline regulated area map: http://bit.ly/93nO1L
- Order to Suppress and Control: http://bit.ly/bnXBEl
- Compliance training is REQUIRED for anyone working with host trees or wood in the regulated area. Schedule and sign-up info: http://massnrc.org/pests/alb/#reg
The USDA has tree surveyors searching the Boston area for signs of ALB (http://bit.ly/baafk0) with over 5000 trees checked, and no new infestations to date. Get the daily Boston ALB report on the Mass. ALB Cooperative Eradication Program website:
http://bit.ly/alb_info
Due to recent infestations found along the border of the Worcester regulated area, the boundary has been expanded to include a portion of the town of Boylston. View the most recent regulated area map for Worcester:
http://bit.ly/c3PYYi
Emerald ash borer found in Saugerties, NY, less than 25 miles from the borders of Massachusetts and Connecticut (readMedia):
http://bit.ly/cAq3Z2
Wicked Local Brookline assesses the long-term threat of the Asian longhorned beetle in the Boston area:
http://bit.ly/cU4f8D
Some concerns have been raised about how funding and resources are going to be stretched between the Worcester and Boston ALB eradication efforts (NECN):
http://bit.ly/ahOzsM
Two years after Asian longhorned beetle was discovered in Worcester, a city looks back (Worcester T&G):
http://bit.ly/9RFC96
The first Asian longhorned beetle-infested trees have been discovered in Shrewsbury. Since the finds were already within the Greater Worcester regulated area, the area did not expand (Worcester T&G, Wicked Local Shrewsbury):
http://bit.ly/bB6Uy7, http://bit.ly/deEryw
With new Asian longhorned beetle infestations recently discovered in Massachusetts, people are asking "How far is ALB spreading?" (Metrowest Daily News):
http://bit.ly/bfnJAn.
Check out this video of an Asian longhorned beetle found in a Worcester family's willow tree (Worcester T&G):
http://bit.ly/c3H1Zc
For more information, visit http://massnrc.org/pests/alb/
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