Deborah McCullough of Michigan State University’s Department of Entomology describes the national impact of the Emerald Ash Borer. The Emerald Ash Borer has become the most destructive forest pest to impact North America both in regard to forest health and economic impacts. Jonathan Lelito (USDA APHIS PPQ) also describes the emerging national biological control program [...]
ASETS researchers are cooperating with researchers from Michigan Technological University and federal and state land managers on a project targeting the regional mitigation of EAB. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) has secured more than $1 million dollars in federal funding for competitive grant program targeting the 58 communities effected by the EAB infestation in Illinois. [...]
Michigan sees another invasive pest enter the state. The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) is an arthropod pest that feeds on can be a serious pest of a variety of fruits, vegetables, field crops, and ornamental plants. Here are some links to currently available information regarding BMSB: Press release from the Michigan Department of Agriculture. [...]
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture announced on Tuesday, July 27th the first detection of emerald ash borer in the State of Tennessee. This discovery was made the week of July 19th at a truck stop in Knox County near the Loudon County line. Read the official news release by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. The [...]
Do you know where to look for invasive species? Colleague Manuel Colunga with the MSU Center for Global Change does. He and fellow collaborators have been developing methods for determining likely “Hot Spots” for future introductions of alien invasive species (AIS) in the U.S. Manuel (left) was recently interviewed for an article in The State [...]
Additional detections of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) have been made in New York State this week. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) announced that additional detections were made in Steuben (Town of Bath) and Ulster (Town of Saugerties) Counties. Here is a description of the finds from the official NYSDEC press release: [...]
Gabriel, Travis and Amos are hard at work training the Mackinac County SLAM crews in Moran, MI. Eighteen crew members in attendance and all are becoming ArcMoblie fans! Gabriel and Travis are doing their usual excellent job.
Here’s to you ‘Graduate Student Dudes from Da UP’. A couple of graduate students from Michigan Technological University came up with this little tribute to one of our favorite forest pests. They are not currently working on emerald ash borer, but they seem to have a future in outreach communications.
Let the setup of the GeTac units for the SLAM project begin! Travis Perkins begins the process of assembling the GeTac field kits for distribution to the three SLAM project sites. We first had to charge the 25 units and that took all the strip outlets we could borrow. Then it was onto the assembly [...]
What is that old saying – “All Press is Good Press“? Even when someone is trying to put a negative spin on it. Our own Anthony Cognato, director of the Michigan State University Department of Entomology A.J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection was interviewed by Tucker Carlson of Fox News regarding recent NSF funding for improvements [...]
