{"id":558,"date":"2016-08-24T11:24:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T15:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/blog1\/?p=558"},"modified":"2016-08-24T11:26:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T15:26:00","slug":"alert-emerald-ash-borer-is-confirmed-in-delaware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/?p=558","title":{"rendered":"ALERT: Emerald Ash Borer is CONFIRMED in Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-284\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/eab-adult.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-284\" src=\"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/eab-adult-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Source: emeraldashborer.info\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/eab-adult-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/eab-adult-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/eab-adult-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: emeraldashborer.info<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AgricultureDE\">Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) Facebook page<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;A destructive, invasive beetle that kills ash trees, the emerald ash borer (EAB), has been confirmed in Delaware, making it the 28th state to have found the insect.<\/p>\n<p>The statewide impact is expected to be minimal, as ash trees make up only around two percent of Delaware&#8217;s tree stock and the state has been preparing for more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because this was not unexpected, we have been working for several years with cities, towns and civic groups on plans to manage and replace<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">ash trees,&#8221; said Dr. Faith Kuehn, administrator of DDA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Delaware Department of Agriculture (DDA) Facebook page: &#8220;A destructive, invasive beetle that kills ash trees, the emerald ash borer (EAB), has been confirmed in Delaware, making it the 28th state to have found the insect. The statewide impact is expected to be minimal, as ash trees make up only around two percent of Delaware&#8217;s tree stock and the state has been preparing for more than a decade. &#8220;Because this was not unexpected, we have been working for several years&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/?p=558\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[97,96,28,51,49],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-invasivesinthenews","tag-28th-state","tag-confirmed","tag-delaware","tag-eab","tag-emerald-ash-borer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":561,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}