![]() Now covering 43 of the state's 62 counties, the ash quarantine is "no longer serving the purpose of slowing the spread or allowing time for municipal governments to plan for the arrival of the EAB," according to a statement released by the DEC press office.īartow said that borer has spread so far into the state that it is case of "getting the ash trees that you can before they all die." He said most ash in the state could be nearly gone within the next decade. John Bartow, the executive director of the Empire State Forest Products Association, which represents the timbering industry, welcomed the lifting of the state quarantine, which he said had been choking off summertime supplies to local mills. The borer likely will ultimately bring about the end of the state's 700 million ash trees - down from earlier estimates of 900 million ash trees before the beetles' arrival - and forever change an industry that uses ash to produce bats for major league baseball. The state created the quarantine in 2015 to slow the insect, which is a shiny green beetle about the size of a penny. ![]() (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File) ORG XMIT: CON101 Mike Groll Show More Show Less New Hampshire is looking at another summer of battling the emerald ash borer, the invasive beetle that's destroyed ash trees in 26 states.It's been found in at least 16 towns in New Hampshire and officials say it is spreading. 26, 2011 file photo, forester Jeff Wiegert, of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, removes emerald ash borer larvae from an ash tree at Esopus Bend Nature Preserve in Saugerties, N.Y. ![]() (AP Photo/Michigan State University, File) ** NO SALES ** David Cappaert Show More Show Less 2 of11 FILE - In this Oct. If signs of infestation begin to show, entomologists will recommend that areas be quarantined and the ash trees removed, said Phil Nixon, a University of Illinois entomologist. Insect experts are telling people in not to bother treating their ash trees for the destructive insect called the emerald ash borer. 1 of11 ** FILE ** An adult emerald ash borer is shown in this photo released by Michigan State University.
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