LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An invasive beetle known for destroying ash trees has
been discovered in three more Arkansas counties.
The Arkansas State Plant Board said Tuesday that the emerald ash borer has
been discovered in Garland, Montgomery, and Pike counties in southwest Arkansas.
The beetle has now been confirmed in 17 Arkansas counties and the board has
established a quarantine in those counties and 16 counties adjacent to them that
prohibits the movement of ash items including nursery stock and firewood in
hopes of preventing the spread of the beetle.
The quarantine includes counties in northeastern and southwestern Arkansas. It
has also been found in Delaware County in northeast Oklahoma, bordering
northwest Arkansas.
The emerald ash borer is native to Asia and feeds on and kills ash trees.
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