[APWG] Nashua (NH) Telegraph artlcle details the continuing destruction of 1000's of ALB-infected trees in Worcester, MA, in a 64-square-mile quarantine zone.

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Nashua (NH) Telegraph


Published: Sunday, January 11, 2009


Asian invasion Meet the beetles- hopefully not coming soon to your town


By DAVID BROOKS Telegraph Staff 
 <mailto:dbrooks at nashuatelegraph.com> dbrooks at nashuatelegraph.com 


 

In Worcester, about 40 miles south of the (NH) state border, 777 property
owners have given permission for officials to destroy infected trees, as
well as other nearby hardwoods, and another 94 people have allowed
destruction of infested trees, officials said. 

In the first week of the operation, which began Monday, more than 1,000
trees of all sizes were felled and chipped by two private firms contracting
for the state and federal governments. The destruction will continue for at
least five weeks throughout parts of the 64-square-mile quarantine zone.

Follow-up efforts, including surveys and treatment, could go on for as long
as a decade.

 

For full story:
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090111/NEWS02/30
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