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May 18 - 24 has been designated Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Beetle Awareness Week and the public is being asked to "Promise not to move firewood."
Federal and State agencies are waging war against the EAB, a small but destructive beetle that has killed tens of millions of ash trees since being detected in 2002. Typically EAB does not travel far on its own; however, it has been spread across ten states when people moved EAB-infested firewood.

The damage comes from the EAB larva, which eats the wood under the bark and starves the tree of water and nutrients, slowly killing the tree over one-to-two years. There is no cure for the devastation caused by the beetle, which is why federal, state and local cooperators are reaching out to the public.

The goal is to alert all citizens but especially those who live in the 10 infested states - IL, IN, MD, MI, MO, OH, PA, VA, WV and WI.

For more information, visit www.stopthebeetle.info.

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