Ohio
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Department of Agriculture
Plant Protection Laws and Regulations Economic Fact Sheet
Cooperative Extension Service

  • State Plant Regulatory Official

    Dan Kenny (614) 728-6400

    Serves on the National Plant Board, oversees state pest detection and regulatory activities and coordinates survey activities between government agencies, public and private organizations. Coordinates the state's initial emergency response if an exotic pest is detected.

  • State Survey Coordinator

    John (Rob) Fisher (614) 995-1489

    Coordinates CAPS survey planning, execution and reporting as well as community outreach activities.

  • State Plant Health Director

    John Burch (614) 322-4701

    Directs federal APHIS-PPQ pest detection and regulatory activities in cooperation with state officials, and coordinate the initial PPQ emergency response if an exotic pest is detected in the state.

  • Pest Survey Specialist

    Avraham Eitam (614) 322-4706
    Provides technical support in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.

News
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Butler Faces Walnut Twig Beetle Quarantine
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Planting Trees with Diversity and Pest Control in Mind
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Columbus Metro Parks Cut Down More Ash Borer Infected Trees
State Park has not Escaped Emerald Ash Borer
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Ash borer lays waste to two dozen Grandview trees
Ohio Groups Recognizing National Invasive Species Awareness Week
USDA-APHIS Holds Informational Forum
Bayer Launches Bee Health Education Tour
New Network Tracks Local Invasive Weeds
Weed the Weeds - Invasive Plants and Your Garden
City Hopes to Nix These Gypsies
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Emerald Ash Borer Claims Hundreds Of Anderson Township Trees
City Removes More Emerald Ash Borer Trees
Invasive Insects Plague Ohio
Resources Around Ohio on the Brink
Winter Time Means it is a Good Time to Control Invasive Species
County Cuts Could End 4-H
Ohio State Experts Can Offer Insight on Thousand Cankers Disease in Walnut Trees
Ohio Removes Trees from Parks After Emerald Ash Borer Found
Ash Borers Toll Still Soaring
Walnut twig beetle found in Ohio
Density of Invasive Reed, Phragmites Australis, Mapped in Great Lakes
Infested Street Trees Could Create Fiscal Conundrum
Trees can help reduce criminal activity
Doomed Ashes Find Second Life as Furniture
New App Lets You Report Invasive Species
Ohio Agriculture Officials Encourage Bee Feeding
Park District Sets 2013 Action Plan
OARDC Receives National Research Award for Critical Soybean Rust
Efforts to Combat Invasive Honeysuckle Starting to Pay Off in Northern Kentucky
Unexpected Benefit from Ash Borer in Summit County - Free Firewood
Non-native plants show a greater response than native wildflowers to climate change
Man Volunteers to Reforest MetroParks
Tree Service Working to Save Trees from Emerald Ash Borer Scourge
More than a Dozen Trees Removed Near Riverscape
Purdue Tree Doctor app
Sign Depicts Ash Borers' Wrath
Portions of Batavia and Stonelick Townships, Clermont County, OH, Added to the ALB Regulated Area
Tree Doctor App Can Help Homeowners Diagnose Problems
Last Call For Ash Trees
Parks See Beetle Battle Success
Tree Aid concert held at Bethel's Burke Park
Emerald Ash Borer Predator Study
Paulding SWCD Offers Funds for Trees
Emerald Ash Borer Killing Yoctangee Parks Ash Trees
Beetles Infect Ohio State Ash Trees Cost Columbus 12M
Summer Heat Not The Only Problem - SCN
USDA Warns Campers About Dangers of Hitchhiking Forest Pests
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCES EXPANDED ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE QUARANTINE
Emerald Ash Borer Moving West in Cincinnati Area
Invasive Plants...Threaten Great Lakes Region
Ash Borer Factored in Power Outages
Lakewood Company Uses IV to Save Ash Trees from Emerald Ash Borer
Tree Commission Taking Steps to Protect Millennium Grove from Ash Borer
Bee-Killing Virus Gets Supercharged by Mites
Asiatic Garden Beetle Causing Damage to Ohio Corn
Look for SCN Females on Soybean Roots Now
Ohio Trees Weakened By Pests
Head Scab Risk Low But Stripe Rust Showing Up
Thousand cankers quarantine
Ash Borer Damage Spreading
Lonely Mission to Stamp out Plants Invading Morris Woods
The Dirt on Tree Care
City Branches Out as it Replenishes the Trees in Toledo
Ash Borer Takes Aim At Nature Center Trees
Resident Touts Ash Tree Treatments
Emerald Ash Borer Display at City Hall a Little Too Real
RIP Ash Trees — 78 More Infested with EAB to be Axed
Emerald Ash Borer Found in Columbiana County
Ohio Corn Test Shows No Visible Sign of Nematode Injury
Devastating Bugs Make Keeping Trees Difficult
Ohio Corn Performance Test Shows No Visible Evidence of Nematode
Emerald Ash Borer Found in Granville
Emerald Ash Borer Continues to Spread in North America
Arborists Seek to Save Ash Trees in City Rights of Way
Nematodes in Corn Could be a Growing Problem for Ohio Corn Yields
Seed Selection Key to Managing Soybean Disease
Wicked Bugs Author to be at Gardening Expo
Removal of trees with Asian longhorned beetle almost done YouTube
Crews Cut Down Trees in Bethel's Burke Park
U.S. Maple Syrup Industry at Risk
New Invasive Weed Not Going Away
Defending Ohios Hemlock Trees
Tree Lovers Faced With Another Assault
Gypsy Moth Open Houses Scheduled In Southeast Ohio
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE State Offers Gypsy Moth Open Houses ...
Bethel site of beetle meeting
Officials Discover Hemlock Pest in Southeast Ohio Forest
A Primer on Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
Residents Upset With Damage Caused by Beetle Tree Removal
USDA APHIS Newsroom
New Hope to Save Hemlock Trees from Attack
Cutting of healthy trees in Tate Twp. delayed
Homeowners in Clermont County fight to keep healthy trees
Insecticides Can Stave Off Borers Damage
$1.4M grant for ash trees
Kudzu Presents Problems Not Yet Running Rampant in the North
Invasive Species Threatens Great Lakes Wetlands
State to ax 50,000 Clermont trees
Fall is Good Time to Hunt Gypsy Moth Eggs
Portion of Clermont County OH added to ALB Quarantine Area
Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas Additions in Indiana Maine Ohio Virginia West Virginia and Wisconsin
Trees Infested by Emerald Ash Borer Can Be Saved
Hemlocks Still Abundant Despite Adelgid Infestations
Asian Longhorn Beetle Quarantine Expanded in Ohio
ALB Confirmed in Clermont Co Ohio - Tate Township and East Fork State Park Added to Quarantine Area
Asain Longhorned Beetle Confirmed in Clermont County Ohio - NAPPO
PPQ Postentry Quarantine (PEQ) Release Policy
Ohio Quarantines for Asian Beetle
Discovery of Asian Longhorned Beetle in Ohio
Biocontrol Fungus and Wasps Released to Control Emerald Ash Borer
Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas and Additions in IN ME OH VA WV WI
Invasive Mussels Causing Massive Ecological Changes in Great Lake
Woodpeckers Pointing the Way to Emerald Ash Borer
Battle Against Tree Destroying Insect Continues Statewide
New Gardening Initiative to Show How to Ward Off Invasive Pests
Cities Can Save Some Ash Trees Experts Say
Pine Shoot Beetle Additions to Quaranitine Areas

Related Pages

Weed Identification Tool
Plant Industry Division
Ohio Field Crop Diseases
Department of Plant Pathology
PPQ Pest Alert
EAB Ohio Department of Agriculture
Emerald Ash Borer OSU EAB Outreach Team
North Central Diagnostic Network
Insecticide Options for Protecting Ash Trees from Emerald Ash Borer
Control EAB with Pesticides?
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative
Great Lakes Information Network
Beetle Detectives
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Sightings Survey
Ash Management Guidelines for Private Forest Landowners
APHIS ALB Current Quarantine Maps
Replacement Tree Selection
A New Host for the Walnut Twig Beetle and Thousand Cankers Disease
Beetle Busters Curriculum Kit
Battling Invasives
Videos

Emerald Ash Borer University Webinars
3 Bio-Control Wasps for Ash Borer
4 Signs of Asian Longhorned Beetles
Slowing the Spread of Gypsy Moth in Ohio - YouTube
USDA DETERMINES NEXT STEPS IN EFFORT TO ERADICATE THE ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE IN CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO

CAPS 2013 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Destinations
Cotton Cutworm Spodoptera litura Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Egyptian Cottonworm Spodoptera littoralis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
European Grapevine Moth Lobesia botrana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
False Codling Moth Thaumatotibia leucotreta Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Green Oak Tortrix Tortrix viridana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Old World Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Rosy Moth Lymantria mathura Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Silver Y Moth Autographa gamma Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Summer Fruit Tortrix Moth Adoxophyes orana Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Variegated Golden Tortrix Archips xylosteanus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps