Strategic Eradication Plan
Overview
The Strategic Eradication Program to banish the ALB from the United States focuses Federal, State, and local government efforts into several pest-management areas:
Regulatory
Infested areas are quarantined to contain the movement of host material (e.g. nursery stock, wood debris, branches, logs, stumps, and lumber).
- Quarantining reduces chances that beetles will be transported artificially.
- Within quarantine zones, Compliance Agreements regulate host material moved for commerce or for disposal by businesses involved in selling, cutting, and moving trees and wood products.
Control
- ALB host trees are chemically treated to reduce beetle populations.
- ALB infested trees are cut, as are host trees near infested trees.
- Wood debris is chipped before leaving a quarantine zone for landfills or incineration.
For more information about the control plan, click here.
Detection
- Four years of negative surveys are required to declare an area free of ALB infestation.
Restoration
- Nonhost trees can be planted to replace host trees lost to ALB infestation or buffer zone cleanup.
Public Outreach
- Public outreach education and support are critical to prevent ALB from being artificially spread, to alert residents to look for and report ALB finds, and to share information regarding pest-management activities and accomplishments.
History of ALB in Chicago
Click here to read a summary of Chicago's ALB infestation problem and the continuing strategic eradication efforts.
History of ALB in New York
Click here to read a summary of New York's ALB infestation problem and the continuing strategic eradication efforts.
History of ALB in New Jersey
Click here to read a summary of Chicago's ALB infestation problem and the continuing strategic eradication efforts.
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