The CT Fight Against an Invasive Beetle That's Killed Millions of Trees
By Robert Miller
New Haven Register
With the battle lost, the federal government is admitting what everybody knew — the emerald ash borer controls the field.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Dec. 15 that the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will no longer try to use federal quarantines to control the spread of the invasive and highly destructive beetle.