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EAB traps being hung in Wisconsin

The survey season for the emerald ash borer (EAB) is underway this week in Wisconsin. Personnel from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) have begun to hang just under 2,120 purple, box-like detection traps in ash trees, mostly across the northern half of the state. Nearly all of Wisconsin’s traps will be placed in counties north of a line from approximately Trempealeau to Manitowoc. Roughly 100 traps will be in southern locations.

In Wisconsin, 12 counties are under an EAB quarantine; LaCrosse, Vernon, Crawford, Brown, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington, Ozaukee, Waukesha, Milwaukee, Racine & Kenosha. The regulation restricts the movement of hardwood firewood, nursery stock, and other ash products. Additional counties will be quarantined if new discoveries are made this summer.

A map and more details available here