State and federal officials gathered at the Arnold Arboretum this morning to declare Jamaica Plain and parts of neighboring Roslindale free of the Asian Longhorned Beetle.
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City councilors take up Asian Longhorned Beetles tonight, at a hearing at Franklin Park.
By adamg - Fri, 04/15/2011 - 3:43pm
Die, bug, die! Photo by Jenn Forman Orth.The US Department of Agriculture says it wants to inject trees up to a half-mile away from where Asian Longhorned Beetles were found last year with imidacloprid, a pesticide that kills not only beetles but bees.
USDA and state and city officials plan a public meeting on the beetles - which were found in six trees on hospital grounds - on April 28, at 7 p.m. at the Faulkner Hospital Auditorium. The current quarantine zone - in which any woody material has to be ground up - extends into Roslindale and Brookline.
By adamg - Thu, 10/07/2010 - 3:47pm
The mayor's office tweeted the news today after somebody tweeted that Asian Longhorned Beetles were to blame for the recent takedown of two trees on the Common:
By adamg - Wed, 09/15/2010 - 7:31am
The Emerald Necklace Conservancy and the state Department of Agricultural Resources are looking for volunteers to help survey trees around Jamaica Pond for the dreaded Asian Longhorned Beetles this Sunday:
By adamg - Tue, 08/03/2010 - 10:09am
The Worcester Telegram reports genetic analysis of the Asian Longhorned Beetles found in Jamaica Pl
By adamg - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 5:40pm
Jeepers, creepers
The USDA wasted little time getting ads up on the Orange Line, which starts (or ends) right in the middle of Beetleville (anybody know about buses out of Forest Hills?). UPDATE: Actually, they started running this campaign last year, but ye ed was blissfully unaware of it until a couple days ago. See the comments for more.
Meanwhile, the city, state and feds are holding an open house this Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon at Jamaica Plain's Curtis Hall to get residents in the Beetle Zone the information they need on how to spot any infestation and how to dispose of branches, stumps and other woody stuff for the next, oh, four years or so.
By adamg - Fri, 07/23/2010 - 5:03pm
The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports residents living within 1.5 miles of the hospital will have to take special precautions with wood for at least four years, and that the city has to find a place for
By adamg - Thu, 07/08/2010 - 5:49pm
By adamg - Wed, 07/07/2010 - 9:20pm
Daily Worcesteria reports federal bug experts no longer think the dreaded Asian Longhorned Beetles at Faulkner Hospital came from a nursery, but instead from
By adamg - Wed, 07/07/2010 - 8:06am
The Globe reports on cautious optimism of state officials; says Faulkner groundskeepers discovered the infestation dur
By adamg - Wed, 07/07/2010 - 8:03am
If you live or work in the Asian Longhorned Beetle hot zone around Faulkner Hospital (which includes parts of Jamaica Plain, Roslindale and Brookline), you're no longer
By Kaz - Tue, 07/06/2010 - 10:47am
Map shows the 1.5-mile radius around Faulkner Hospital in which crews will check for beetle infestation - and area in which residents, businesses now banned from removing wood to other locations.
Photo by Jenn Forman Orth.State officials are convening a press conference at 11 AM today to discuss the discovery of Asian Longhorn Beetles at the Faulkner Hospital grounds, just mere steps from the Arnold Arboretum.
Six trees showed signs of the telltale beetle bored holes in their trunks and USDA officials confirmed the sightings this weekend. It's unknown what measures are going to need to be taken, but due to the proximity, I worry for the Arboretum.
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By adamg - Thu, 09/17/2009 - 11:32pm
State agricultural-resources worker scans Public Garden tree for beetle signs as a Channel 4 cameraman records the action.
Experts from the state Department of Agricultural Resources gave volunteers a lesson in spotting signs of Asian Longhorned Beetle infestation this afternoon - then led the first ever survey of trees in the Public Garden for signs of the tree-killing pests.
By adamg - Tue, 09/15/2009 - 5:36pm
The state Department of Agricultural Resources is going to be training volunteers in the Public Garden on Thursday to help look for signs of the dreaded tree-killing beetle in the Boston area. So far as state officials know, the bugs are still just in greater Worcester, but they want to start looking just in case.
Jennifer Forman Orth, who's leading the training (12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.), reports volunteers will get a free "Ask Me About ALB" t-shirt.
By adamg - Wed, 03/04/2009 - 9:37pm
Does this mean we have to quarantine Twitter until we can cut it down and grind it into a fine powder?
By adamg - Thu, 02/19/2009 - 4:54pm
Take a look at a couple of dramatic before and after photos of one Worcester street that's had all its trees cut down and ground into a fine powder in the war against the Asian Longhorned Beetles.
Via Daily Worcesteria.
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