APNewsBreak: USDA to lift quarantine in 4 Calif. counties now free of European grapevine moth
APNewsBreak: USDA to lift quarantine in 4 Calif. counties now free of European grapevine moth
Jun 4, 2012 6
(WashingtonPost) - An invasive species that led to vineyard quarantines across Northern California and threatened the state’s wine industry has been eradicated in four of the affected counties, federal officials say.
Two years of testing and trapping have shown the European grapevine moth no longer is present in Fresno, Mendocino, Merced and San Joaquin counties, meaning the quarantines in those areas can be lifted, the U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to announce Tuesday.
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