Items
of Interest:
2011
Garlic Mustard Challenge! - "West
Virginia: Wild and Weed-Free" --
Various pull dates in Apr-May 2011
Potomac Highlands Cooperative Weed and
Pest Management Area.
This annual event
calls for volunteer to help pull garlic
mustard in sites in Virginia and West
Virginia. Garlic
Mustard has gained much
attention in recent years for its ability
to rapidly invade wooded habitats from
disturbed areas. Garlic mustard is highly
invasive and threatens the abundant wildflowers
and diverse forest ecosystem of West
Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and
Illinois.
Emerald
Ash Borer Found in Raleigh and Calhoun
Counties (Jul 20, 2010)
West Virginia
Department of Agriculture.
Emerald
ash borer (EAB) has been detected
in Raleigh and Calhoun Counties on purple
prism traps seen in trees throughout
the state, according to the West Virginia
Department of Agriculture. Five
West Virginia counties are now infested
with the invasive and destructive beetle,
which has killed more than 25 million
ash trees in North America. WVDA first
found EAB in West Virginia in Oct 2007
in Fayette County. In 2009, the state
became regulated under the federal EAB
quarantine. For questions about EAB,
contact the West
Virginia Department of Agriculture's
Plant Industries Division, or visit Emerald
Ash Borer.
Pulling
Together to Fight Invasive Species (Mar
3, 2010)
USDA. FS.
Eastern Region.
The Monongahela National Forest is leading
the fight against invasive species in West
Virginia by developing the state's first
Cooperative Weed and Pest Management Area.
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