NY expands ash tree quarantine across 42 counties
By GEORGE M. WALSH / Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York has expanded a quarantine on ash wood products across much of upstate to slow the spread of the invasive emerald ash borer.
The beetle’s larvae have destroyed tens of millions of trees as it has moved steadily east from Michigan, where it was first discovered in 2002.
State environmental regulators have banned untreated firewood from entering New York and forbidden moving it more than 50 miles from its source within the state since 2008 as they have tried to hinder the beetle and other pests. They also imposed local quarantines regulating movement of ash products by loggers and other forest product businesses.
On Wednesday, regulators replaced the local quarantines with a single ban covering all or parts of 42 counties from western New York to the New England border. The Adirondacks, other parts of the North Country, New York City, and Rockland, Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties aren’t included.
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