New regulations on the Emerald Ash Borer in Indiana

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - As we get further into spring a new concern arises over the Emerald Ash Borer.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says the little bug has been detected in five Hoosier counties, including Clay.

And it's assumed that it has infested all but 13 counties in the state.

Beginning this year, the state is no longer restricting movement of regulated ash items within the infested area.

But if you want to move something out of those counties, you do need to file a compliance agreement with the state.

"It's a more aggressive approach to try to keep the wood products from moving. That's where we know that the general movement in Indiana is taking place,is the larvae catching a free ride and moved in wood products and being transported to another location," says Jim Luzar with Purdue Extension Service.

Regulated materials include whole ash trees, limbs, branches or debris of ash trees measuring 1 inch or more in diameter, ash logs or untreated ash lumber with bark attached, and cut firewood of any hardwood species with bark attached.

An application for a compliance agreement can be filed by contacting the DNR Division of Entomology & Plant Pathology at (317) 232-4120.

To view quarantined areas and EAB sightings in Indiana, click here . 

For more information on EAB, or to report an infestation, visit eabindiana.info or call Indiana DNR's toll-free hotline at 1-866-NO EXOTIC (663-9684).

To view the EAB Rule and EAB quarantine declaration visit dnr.IN.gov/entomolo/3443.htm