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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Deb McCullough has hopeful news on the emerald ash borer front. She was recently interviewed by Kirk Heinze for the Greening of the Great Lakes talk radio show on News/Talk 760 WJR.  She highlighted the Slowing Ash Mortality (SLAM) project and what impact it might have on the reduction of ash mortality. Applied Spatial Ecology [...]

Follow Department of Entomology colleague Doug Landis and group on travels to Central Asia in support of a collaborative IPM research program. You can follow the groups travel Blog at http://www.ipmglobal.blogspot.com. Joy Landis is providing the blog updates while traveling with the IPM group. She is communications Manager and Assistant IPM Coordinator with the Integrated [...]