Oct 9, 2017 | News, News/PR
South Carolina officials have declared a statewide emergency quarantine of some wood products due the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), an invasive insect pest that inhabits and destroys native ash trees. Under the quarantine, Clemson University officials will regulate the...
Sep 22, 2017 | News, News/PR
On August 17 and 18, state foresters from Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, along with their staffs and personnel from the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS), gathered in Biloxi, MS. This was the third State Line Meeting for state foresters Wade...
Sep 6, 2017 | News, News/PR
The invasive Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has spread in Wisconsin – entering five new counties – and entered South Carolina, prompting officials to enact more serious quarantine protocols. Wisconsin state officials are confirming the presence of the EAB in five...
Feb 13, 2017 | News, News/PR
Landowners across Northern Virginia and Northwest Virginia are seeing damage to the bark of ash trees, and many are calling the Virginia Department of Forestry asking what is wrong. Bark on these trees is being stripped off by woodpeckers hunting for Emerald Ash Borer...
Jan 25, 2017 | News, News/PR
Trees outnumber people 300 to 1 in the United States, with woodlands covering one-third of the country in the U.S. Forest Service’s latest census. Only trees at least 5 inches in diameter are counted in the U.S. Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis...