6:16 a.m.
Thursday, September 20, 2018 6:16 am
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LEBANON, Maine - Officials from the Maine Forest Service and Division of Animal and Plant Health, United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and USDA Forest Service will hold an information session in Lebanon on Oct, 1 at 6:30 p.m. regarding the emerald ash borer threat now looming.
The meeting will be held at the Lebanon Elementary School, 65 Upper Guinea Road.
The purpose of the public meeting is to provide background information on the insect; an update on the response to the detection of emerald ash borer; and discuss impacts on movement of wood products. Although the beetles were found on traps near the western border of York County and the order expansion only affects four towns, due to the size of the county it is likely that all of York County will be included in future state and federal quarantines.
For more on the threat from the emerald ash borer (EAB) read The Rochester Voice story posted last week in our Focus section.