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<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">hello, tree pest mavens!<br /><br /></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">I have posted a new blog based on a recent study of New Zealand's biosecurity program. The study finds that targetted phytosanitary measures can slow introductions of pathogens - in many ways the most difficult types of non-native plant pests.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">It also raises some questions that probably apply to most countries, including the absence of data supporting efficacy of post-entry quarantine measures. I find that alarming! Does anyone have a comment based on your experience?</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">The study does not include pathogens threatening New Zealand's unique native forest trees. I visited New Zealand in 2004 and am devastated by what is happening to the huge kauri trees (see attached).<br></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">I just returned from a trip from DC to Carlisle, PA. The route was lined by dead ash trees - I was surprised by how many used to grow in the Piedmont / Mountains of the region. I was also surprised that managers of the Dickinson College farm seemed unaware of the spotted lanternfly. !!!!</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">Faith</span></div>
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