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s An MDA certified firewoad producer in Carltan Caunty was recertified and is one af the five MDA certified firewaod praducers in the state. The USpA certified firewoad producer out of Olmsted County was aiso recertified. 4 Seventy (7p) firewood surveys were cpnducted at retail lacations araund the state, Any potential labeling violations are forwarded to the Department af Cammerce. • A warning letter was issued to an individual wha violated the quarantine with a trailer full of ash brush. • Three (3) public meetings were held for the counties with new infestations. The Dodge Caunty public meeting was weli attended with 35 attendees. There were two public meetings for the partial St. Louis County quarantine. One was for the timber industry and the other was for the general public. • podge Caunty Quarantine has been formalized as af 11/2, partial 5t Louis County Quarantine comment period extends through 11/30 with target formalization date of 12/15. 1� � • • A postertitied "Implementation af EAB biological cantroi in Minnesota" was created and displayed farthe Upper Midwest Invasive Species Canference held in LaCrasse, WI Oct. 17-19. o Jen Schultz presented "Minnesota Wasp Watchers: An Update on Emerald Ash Borer Biosurveillance" at the Upper Midwest Invasive Species Canference held in LaCrasse, WI Oct. 17-19. • The MDA will be affering EAB fieid workshaps again in 2017 thanks ta an award from the US Forest Service. Locatians and dates to be determined, but there will be warkshops in all three infested areas of the state (SE, Metra and Duluth areaj. � Media releases: a St Louis Caunty residents invited to public meeting concerning emerald ash borer - http;//www.mda.state.mn.us/r7ews/releases/2016/nr20160928eab.aspx o Dadge County residents invited to public meeting cancerning emerald ash barer - http://www.mda.state.mn.us/news/releases/2016/nr20160916eab,aspx a MDA confirms second EAB find in Duluth, issues emergency quarantine for portion of St �auis County - http://www.mda.state.mn.us/news/releases f 2016/nr20160913eab.aspx a Emerald ash barer discovered in Dadge County - http://www. mda.state.m n, us/newslrel�ases/2016/nr20160906ea bdad�e.aspx : • � � • •• Parasitoid releases wrapped up for the season on September 22"d. A total of 89,501 wasps were released at 12 sites in Minnesota. The 2016 field seasan marked the first time 5pathius galinae was released in Minnesota. S. galinae is a newly approved larva� parasitoid originating from the Russian Far East and was released at 3 sites located along the Mississippi River in the Twin Cities. Numbers of S. galinae releases are expected to increase in future seasans as production ramps up at the USDA EAB Parasitoid Rearing Facility in Brighton, MI. EAB larval parasitoid, Spathius galinae