Two more Emerald Ash Borer infestations are confirmed

The Emerald Ash Borer remains on the march.

The Iowa Department of Agriculture has announced EAB larva has been found in an 11th county in Iowa—in a residential tree in Muscatine.

A statewide quarantine restricting the movement of hardwood firewood, ash logs, wood chips and ash tree nursery stock out of Iowa into non-quarantined areas of other states remains in place.

Meanwhile, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture has confirmed another emerald ash borer infestation, this time on private land near Caledonia.

Department entomologist Mark Abrahamson said EAB larva was discovered by a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources forester one mile northwest of Caledonia in a grove of trees in a cattle pasture on private land.

The newest infestation is about 10 miles from previously known infestations in Houston County.  Minnesota also has a quarantine in place limiting the movement of potentially infested firewood or other materials from ash trees.