An insect answerable for killing tons of of hundreds of timber in Wisconsin is creeping nearer to Eau Claire County.
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In Wisconsin, there has been a wide quarantine declared due to the detection of emerald ash borer.
The emerald ash borer was confirmed in Jackson County on August 12, after Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources staff collected four EAB larvae from an ash tree at the DNR Service Center in Black River Falls. Other quarantined Wisconsin counties are Adams, Brown, Buffalo, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Manitowoc, Marquette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Sheboygan, Trempealeau, Vernon, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha and Winnebago.
“We strongly discourage moving firewood, even within quarantine areas”, said Brian Kuhn of DATCP.
They also gave out words of advice to public including encouragement to consider preventative treatments for those that had property within 15 miles of any known infestation.
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According to DATCP, firewood moved from an infested area to a non-infested area is the biggest source of emerald ash borers expanding their territory. “You could be carrying the emerald ash borer to a part of your county that would otherwise remain free for several years”.
