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Associate Deputy Administrator of the USDA Animal Plant Health
APHIS.
Inspection Service (APHIS), explained, the beetle entered “right under our
noses, in solid wood packing material. Over the past 25 years, China’s
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export trade has gone from ‘nothing’ to a multi-billion dollar a year
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business” (Raver 49). To meet the demand for packing materials and
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shipping crates, the Chinese began planting extensive acres of poplar trees
during a decade from 1977-87. In the same time period, says Vic Mastro,
director of the Otis Plant, the beetle’s population increased in China 500
times. “Then it exploded,” he says. “By 1991, populations were a whopping
6,500 times – that’s roughly 650,000% – greater than before” (Woodsen 8).
One Chinese scientist described the situation as “an ecological disaster with
biblical proportions” (Raver 49).
While major infestations have been reported only from New York
City and Chicago, there are 26 other cities in the United States receiving
cargo from China, including two here in western New York, Rochester and
Jamestown (“Introductions”). The potential is there for more outbreaks. The
need for controlling the insect is necessary on many fronts. Trees in general
give shade and aesthetic appeal, contribute to air and water quality and
provide a habitat for wildlife. Specifically, the maples of rural New England
are critical to the region’s economy which includes a $20 million a year
maple syrup industry (Sixeas 7).
Thus a variety of measures are underway to halt the further spread of
this non-indigenous species. In September of 1998, an amendment was
added to the USDA requirements for accepting logs, lumber and other
unmanufactured wood articles from China. As entered in the Federal
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