(AP) – An invasive beetle known for destroying ash trees has
been discovered in two more Arkansas counties.
The Arkansas State Plant Board said Thursday that the emerald ash borer has
been discovered in Hempstead and Lafayette counties in southwest Arkansas. The
board has established a quarantine in several Arkansas counties that prohibits
the movement of ash items including nursery stock and firewood in hopes of
preventing the spread of the beetle.
The emerald ash borer feeds on and kills ash trees. So far, the insect has
been confirmed in Randolph County in northeast Arkansas and in central and
southern Arkansas. It’s also been confirmed in northeastern Oklahoma in a county
bordering northwest Arkansas.
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