NORTHEAST WISCONSIN (WTAQ) – A tree-killing beetle has been confirmed in five more Wisconsin counties.
Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection officials say emerald ash borer is now present in Marinette, Waupaca, Waushara, Green Lake, and Chippewa counties.
Aside from Chippewa County, all of the finds came from monitoring traps that were set by the USDA and Wisconsin DNR.
All five counties have been quarantined, meaning firewood from those counties cannot be taken to non-quarantined counties in the state.
The five join 46 other Wisconsin counties that have been quarantined since 2008, when EAB was first detected in Wisconsin.
Previously impacted counties include: Brown, Calumet, Door, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Sheboygan, and Winnebago.
