{"id":30012,"date":"2025-01-16T01:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T01:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/arborist\/emerald-ash-borer-illinois-arborist-association\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T01:31:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T01:31:02","slug":"emerald-ash-borer-illinois-arborist-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=30012","title":{"rendered":"Emerald Ash Borer &#8211; Illinois Arborist Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has been found in Illinois.<\/strong>\u00a0 It was first sighted on Thurs, June 8th in the Windings subdivision in Lily Lake (west of St. Charles) in Kane County.\u00a0 It was positively identified by Friday afternoon.\u00a0 Illinois Dept of Ag (IDA)\u00a0announced the find and their immediate actions\u00a0this afternoon.\u00a0 See press release below.<\/p>\n<p>There are details in the press release, but of interest to arborists are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The size of the infestation is not yet known.\u00a0 Delimiting surveys are being done now.<\/li>\n<li>Quarantines will be established (after public hearings in about 30 days) once the extent of the infestation is known.<\/li>\n<li>There were hundreds of exit holes found on approx. 6 (18\u2033 \u2013 24\u2033) ash trees over several residential lots.\u00a0 Adults were seen flying.<\/li>\n<li>It is estimated that the infestation is between 2-5\u00a0years old.<\/li>\n<li>EAB was most likely brought in on firewood.<\/li>\n<li>The subdivision is about 30 years old and ash cover is estimated at only 5%.<\/li>\n<li>It is near the Campton Forest Preserve, but not adjacent.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.kane.il.us\/Forest\/mapsearch.htm\">http:\/\/www.co.kane.il.us\/Forest\/mapsearch.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>No eradication action will take place until after delimiting survey is complete and adult EAB are gone in the fall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>YOU ARE GOING TO GET\u00a0A LOT OF PHONE CALLS!<\/p>\n<p>To make your life a little easier and to minimize stress on IDA and Extension, please do your part to screen calls from the public.\u00a0 If you screen effectively, it will save you time and trouble inspecting false alarms.\u00a0 Please do what you can to answer your resident or customer\u2019s calls.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0I have developed screening questions to assist you ,<\/strong>\u00a0attached.\u00a0 If you have reasonable suspicion of an infestation,\u00a0then and only then,\u00a0contact IDA, Extension or APHIS.\u00a0 They have a lot to manage right now!\u00a0 And all of us have had a lot of training on EAB.<\/p>\n<p>I suggest you\u00a0put the list of questions near the phones.\u00a0 Also have our EAB\u00a0brochure and the USFS Pest Alert ready.\u00a0\u00a0The EAB brochure (attached) has helpful ash ID pictures and suggested response for the public.\u00a0 The Pest Alert\u00a0has all the details on the biology of the insect.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emeraldashborer.info\/files\/EAB.pdf\">http:\/\/www.emeraldashborer.info\/files\/EAB.pdf<\/a>\u00a0Adult beetles are out now.<\/p>\n<p>Bookmark\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emeraldashborer.info\/index.cfm\">http:\/\/www.emeraldashborer.info\/index.cfm<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/na.fs.fed.us\/fhp\/eab\/\">http:\/\/na.fs.fed.us\/fhp\/eab\/<\/a>\u00a0 for quick reference!<\/p>\n<p>Almost all media outlets will be covering this story in the next few days.\u00a0 It has and will be on Tuesday evening news on TV and in all major newspapers on Wednesday.\u00a0 We are planning on having current info on the Arboretum website on Wednesday.\u00a0 IDA\u2019s website is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agr.state.il.us\/\">http:\/\/www.agr.state.il.us\/<\/a>\u00a0watch it for updates<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that we are as ready for this as possible.\u00a0 Good luck.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Public Service Announcements (PSA)\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">To receive a DVD copy of the following PSA\u2019s please contact Bob Benjamin at 847-298-3136 X240.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Resources<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Links<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Press Releases<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/illinoisarborist.org\/2012EAB%20Workshop%20Flier%20V.5[1].pdf\">EAB Workshops<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has been found in Illinois.\u00a0 It was first sighted on Thurs, June 8th in the Windings subdivision in Lily Lake (west of St. Charles) in Kane County.\u00a0 It was positively identified by Friday afternoon.\u00a0 Illinois Dept of Ag (IDA)\u00a0announced the find and their immediate actions\u00a0this afternoon.\u00a0 See press release below. 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