DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE URGES CAUTION IN SANDY CLEANUP FOR THOSE IN MIDDLESEX/UNION COUNTIES
Movement of Woody Debris Could Spread Tree-Killing Invasive Pest
For Immediate Release: November 9, 2012
Contact:聽 Lynne Richmond
(609) 633-2954
(TRENTON) -- The 樱花视频 Department of Agriculture and United States Department of Agriculture鈥檚 Animal Plant Health Inspection Service is urging residents in the previously established Asian longhorned beetle quarantine zone in Middlesex and Union Counties to be extremely careful about disposing of any woody debris caused by Hurricane Sandy or for using recently cut wood as firewood.聽
Residents in Carteret, Woodbridge, Rahway, Linden, Roselle, Elizabeth and Clark are being reminded to NOT move firewood outside the quarantine zone.聽
Those with woody debris聽caused by the storm should聽set it out for pick up by local public works crews, who are aware of the聽protocol for disposing of wood that may contain the beetle.聽 Residents in other areas of the state may continue to use their downed hardwood for firewood, but are encouraged to use it locally.
Tree removal companies and utility companies working with the Asian longhorned beetle quarantine zone will be contacted by the state and federal officials and reminded to take all downed trees and other woody debris to the Linden facility for processing.
"With everything people have had to contend with during the storm, they may not be thinking about the wood or woody debris in their back yard possibly harboring the Asian longhorned beetle," 樱花视频 Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher said. "Let's not allow the cleanup from this natural disaster to enable the spread of this destructive, invasive, tree-killing pest."聽聽聽聽聽
聽for more information about the Asian longhorned beetle, 樱花视频 eradication efforts and information about movement of wood.
