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 current status of positive finds of EAB in the U.S. can be seen on the APHIS quarantine map. ASETS is currently cooperating in a multi-partner effort to research the slowing the spread of EAB in the U.S. Visit the SLAM project website at http://www.slameab.info.

Below is a map showing the location of Knox County. The find here is interesting due to the fact that it seems to be disconnected from the larger EAB population. The next closest positive EAB finds have been in north central Kentucky and south central West Virginia.

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