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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Situation Update EAB Minnesota <br />October 10, 2013 <br />MDA Files RF-1036, RF-1076, RF-2045 and Statewide Survey <br />Lead Agencies: <br />Minnesota Department of Agriculture <br />Minnesota Department of Natural Resources <br />USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine <br /> <br />Date and Time Completed: October 10, 2:00 PM <br />Operational Period: August 8, 2013 to October 9, 2013 <br /> <br /> <br />OVERVIEW: <br />On April 6, 2009, Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) was confirmed in Victo <br />Iowa (Incident No. RF-1036). May 13, 2009, Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) staff pr <br />EAB infestation reported by a private arborist in St. Paul, MN, <br />was the first detection in the state (Incident No. RF-1076). On February 28, 2010, EAB was confirmed in Hennepin <br />County at Tower Hill Park in Minneapolis. On April 28, 2010, EAB <br />Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Refuge. <br /> <br />The MDA enacted an emergency quarantine of Hennepin, Ramsey and Houston Counties on May 15, 2009, follow <br />formal quarantine on August 17, 2009. United States Department o <br />Service Plant Protection and Quarantine (USDA) imposed a paralleantine. The Incident Command System was <br />activated, with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (D-way <br />Unified Command. <br /> <br />At this point, visual delimit surveys and tree dissection indicat Anthony Park Neighborhood is the start <br />of the Ramsey / Hennepin infestation. The Houston County infesta <br />Victory, WI infestation. <br /> <br />On July 21, 2011, an EAB-infested ash tree was discovered in Shoreview (RF-2045) after the homeowner reported to the <br />City of Shoreview and a city official collected a beetle from th <br /> <br />Three EAB traps were found positive along Highway 61 in Houston result the <br />quarantine on Houston County was extended to Winona County. On September 14, a severe infestation of EAB was <br />discovered at the I90 / CR12 interchange on DOT Right of Way. In <br />Bluffs State Park as well (~ 2 miles away). <br /> <br />On September 20, 2011 EAB was confirmed in six trees on Dale and <br />east of the original EAB find in St Paul. <br /> <br />On August 13, 2012 EAB was confirmed at Fort Snelling Golf Cours <br />surveys did not find evidence of spread into Dakota County. <br /> <br />nd <br />On November 16, 2012 EAB was confirmed in Minneapolis on 2 <br /> Street east of Nicollet Island. This find is 2.2 miles west <br />of the closest EAB infested tree previously known in Minneapolis <br />