2007

• April 2, 2007 – Chemical treatment applications began in Middlesex and Union Counties, New Jersey. Treatment methods include basal soil injection, passive trunk injection, and pressurized trunk injection. In addition, treatments began in Brooklyn and Queens, New York, and full scale treatment started in Manhattan, New York. Treatment methods include basal soil injection, soil drench, and pressurized trunk injection. See Spring 2006 entry below for more details.
• March 25, 2007 - An Incident Command System (ICS) consisting of City of New York Parks and Recreation, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, US Forest Service, and USDA APHIS PPQ was formed to control the infestation on Prall’s Island, New York. ICS removal activities started on March 26 and resulted in the removal of 2,933 high-risk host trees on the island. The ICS demobilized on April 4 once all of the trees were removed. The City of New York Parks and Recreation and APHIS completed the chipping of the cut trees on April 23, which took 8 days to complete. New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets completed the final survey of the island on April 23. The equipment was moved off the island on April 25.
• March 22, 2007 – An infested tree was found on Staten Island, New York, within ¼ mile of the infestation found on Prall’s Island on March 1, 2007. This was the first infested tree found in Staten Island.
• March 19, 2007 – Chemical treatment application began on rooftops in Manhattan, New York, using soil drench.
• March 1, 2007 - Program inspectors discovered a new Asian Longhorned Beetle infestation on Prall’s Island in Richmond County, New York. The island is located in the Arthur Kill, between Staten Island, New York, and Linden, New Jersey.
• February 2007 – The Notebaert Museum finalized their Asian Longhorned Beetle display in Chicago, Illinois. This display was developed as part of their partnership contribution to the Beetle Busters program effort.
  

2006

• December 12, 2006 - The Business Integrity Commission of the City of New York mailed a directive and informational packet concerning the movement of Asian Longhorned Beetle host wood to all licensed trade waste carters in New York City (numbering approximately 240).
• October 2006 – The Covanta Energy Company, Rahway, New Jersey, received the 14th Annual Green Community Achievement Award (Business Category) at the 81st Annual New Jersey Shade Tree Federation Meeting held in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The Covanta Energy Company has greatly assisted the Asian Longhorned Beetle eradication and reforestation project in New Jersey by significantly reducing the volume of waste generated during tree removals. This has been achieved by Covanta agreeing to accept the wood chips and burn them in their facility to create electricity. Additionally, Covanta generously waived its tipping fee for this project. The waiver is estimated to have resulted in a savings of at least $60/ton for the Asian Longhorned Beetle eradication efforts. To date, over 23,000 trees have been removed, resulting in 15,000 tons of wood chips, which have been converted to 18.6 million Kilowatt-hours of electricity. This is enough electricity to supply 10,300 households for three months.
• October 11, 2006 – Interim rule published in the Federal Register, effective October 4, 2006, to expand the quarantined area in Middlesex and Union Counties, New Jersey, by 9 square miles. This expansion increases the total quarantined area in New Jersey to 25 square miles and aligns the federal quarantine with the New Jersey quarantine.
• September 21, 2006 - The Asian Longhorned Beetle Program Quarterly Newsletter was reintroduced.
• September 2006 – In response to the deregulation of the last quarantined area in Illinois, letters were mailed to the 71 companies with compliance agreements letting them know that the agreements were inactivated since they were no longer needed.
• September 8, 2006 – Final rule, effective October 18, 2005, is published that expands the quarantined area in Middlesex and Union Counties, New Jersey by 4 square miles, creating a 16 square mile quarantine. This final rule comes after the State of New Jersey put an even larger quarantine in place on April 13 and May 31, 2006, due to new detections. The current New Jersey State quarantine is 25 square miles. In addition, the final rule removed the 4 square miles that were quarantined in Jersey City and Hoboken.
• July 19, 2006 – An interim rule, effective July 13, 2006, was published in the Federal Register announcing the deregulation of the last Illinois quarantine in response to two years of negative survey.
• July 12, 2006 – The Asian Longhorned Beetle Deregulation ceremony for the Oz Park area of Chicago, Illinois, was held at Oz Park. The Plant Protection and Quarantine Associate Deputy Administrator delivered the USDA APHIS comments. Representatives from the Forest Service, Illinois Department of Agriculture, and City of Chicago also spoke.
• June 28, 2006 – A public meeting was held regarding the upcoming deregulation. Only government officials were present. No opposition was voiced, and the deregulation of Oz Park will continue as scheduled.
• June 19, 2006 – ALB Project Managers met with a German Agriculture Delegate in New York to discuss and share information about the United States and Germany Asian Longhorned Beetle infestations.
• June 15, 2006 – The New Jersey Asian Longhorned Beetle Project hosted a visit from the ALB Project Director and Lead Scientist from the Canadian Food Inspection Service. The officials were provided a detailed overview of the New Jersey infestation and a field visit to observe chemical treatments and host removal operations.
• June 14, 2006 – The New York Asian Longhorned Beetle Project hosted a visit from members of the Technical Panel on Forest Quarantine. Delegates from eight counties were represented: Canada, Chile, Brazil, Japan, New Zealand, Germany, United Kingdom, and Italy. The tour consisted of an overview of the Asian Longhorned Beetle eradication activities in the United States and a field visit to observe chemical treatment applications in Central Park. Central Park Conservancy also provided an overview of park activates.
• June 5, 2006 – Asian Longhorned Beetle Strategic Plan revised to represent program status and goals as of December 2005.
• May 31, 2006 – The State of New Jersey expands the quarantine in Middlesex and Union Counties to 25 square miles in response to an infested tree found in Linden in April 2006. This expansion adds a small portion of Clark Township.
• May 15 & 17, 2006 – The Associate Deputy Administrator of Plant Protection and Quarantine, the Plant Protection and Quarantine Eastern Regional Director, the New York State Commissioner of Agriculture, and the Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture visited the New York City offices for an overview of the project and to view infested trees and treatments.
• Spring 2006 – Final treatment is applied in Illinois. Middlesex/Union Counties, New Jersey, and Manhattan and the Brooklyn/Queens East River band in New York are treated. Basal soil injection and pressurized trunk injection used program wide.
• April 25, 2006 – Beetle Busters 2006 Kickoff took place at Chicago’s Notebaert Nature Museum. Approximately 70 teachers attended the event.
• April 2006 – To date, 9,100 tons of wood chips have been delivered from the New Jersey Asian Longhorned Beetle project to the Covanta Energy Company, Rahway, New Jersey, for conversion into electrical power.
• April 19, 2006 – A roundtable discussion is held with Senator Durbin, of Illinois, to review the success of the Illinois Asian Longhorned Beetle Project and the lessons to be learned from that success in preparation for the Emerald Ash Borer’s possible advance into Illinois. The meeting also included the Plant Protection and Quarantine Eastern Regional Director as well as representatives from the Forest Service and the City of Chicago.
• April 13, 2006 – The State of New Jersey expands the Middlesex and Union County quarantine to 20 square miles in response to an infested tree found in northern Linden in March 2006. This expansion adds Elizabeth City and Roselle to the list of municipalities within the quarantine.
• February 21, 2006 – Tree service companies, landscapers, and contractors that are under a compliance agreement start to dispose of wood from the quarantined area at no cost at the new Asian Longhorned Beetle disposal facility located at the Linden Landfill.

2005

• Throughout 2005 – “Beetle Busters” program developed as grassroots outreach initiative in Illinois. Focus is on educating children in summer camps, outreach to communities through local papers and radio broadcasts, and speaking engagements within the communities by ALB project officials.
• Throughout 2005 – Developed partnerships with special interest groups in New York, such as Central Park Conservancy and Trees New York, to assist in surveys of “difficult access” properties.
• September 16, 2005 – Final rule regulating unmanufactured wood articles becomes effective.
• October 24, 2005 – USDA announced an interim rule, effective October 18, 2005, that expands the quarantined area in Middlesex and Union Counties, New Jersey by 4 square miles creating a 16 square mile quarantine. In addition, the 4 square miles that are quarantined in Jersey City and Hoboken are removed from quarantine. The total quarantined area in New Jersey is 16 square miles.
• August 9, 2005 – A final rule is published, effective April 21, 2005, to deregulate Kilbourn Park, Loyola, the Ravenswood area of Chicago, Park Ridge, and Bensenville in Illinois. The only remaining quarantine in Illinois is in Oz Park in Chicago, which is 9 square miles.
• June 17, 2005 – Three ALB (2 live) are detected in Sacramento County, California, outside of a warehouse as a result of infested wood crating from China. Trace forward and canopy surveys are negative. An extensive outreach campaign is conducted and survey is scheduled for 2006.
• Spring 2005 – Program begins using the Asian Longhorned Beetle Eradication System (ALBES) to record treatment and survey data. Development of system began in 2002 and is ongoing.
• Spring 2005 – Treatments conducted in all states. In New York, treatment is conducted in Manhattan, a portion of Queens and Brooklyn, and small area of Lindenhurst, Long Island. Most treatment is conducted using basal soil injection and pressurized trunk injection. The last treatment is applied to the Jersey City area. In Illinois, all areas except Oz Park are removed from treatment.
• April 26, 2005 – An interim rule, effective April 21, 2005, is issued to remove the Illinois quarantines in Kilbourn Park, Loyola, the Ravenswood area of Chicago, Park Ridge, and Bensenville. This rule deregulates 26 square miles in Illinois.
• April 19, 2005 – The final rule, effective January 24, 2005, is published, creating a 12 square mile quarantine boundary around the infested areas in Middlesex and Union Counties in New Jersey.
• January 28, 2005 – An interim rule, effective January 24, 2005, is announced to add areas of Middlesex and Union Counties in New Jersey to the ALB quarantine. The quarantine, which includes the municipalities of Carteret, Rahway, Linden, and Woodbridge, is 12 square miles.
• January 2005 – The infestation found in Middlesex and Union Counties is determined to be a separate introduction into the United States. To date, there are four distinct ALB infestations in North America – New York/Jersey City, NJ; Chicago, IL; Middlesex/Union Counties, NJ; and Toronto, Canada.

2004

• November 2004 – Wood Debris Removal Program commences in New York City. The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation takes over wood pickup from the Department of Sanitation. The Parks department provides free on-site wood chipping and disposal of wood from residences within the Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan quarantine zones.
• October 30, 2004 – ALB is detected in Linden, New Jersey, as a result of delimiting surveys around infestations in Middlesex and Union Counties. There are now four municipalities with infested trees in Middlesex and Union Counties, New Jersey.
• October 5, 2004 – An ALB infestation is found in Rahway, New Jersey, as a result of delimiting surveys around infestations in Middlesex County. There are now three municipalities with infested trees in Middlesex and Union Counties, New Jersey.
• September 16, 2004 – Final rule, effective September 16, 2005, is published stating that all regulated wood packaging material shall be appropriately treated and marked under an official program developed and overseen by the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) in the country of export.
• August 15, 2004 – The Asian Longhorned Beetle is found in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, as a result of delimiting surveys around the Carteret infestation.
• August 2, 2004 – Asian Longhorned Beetle is discovered in the borough of Carteret, Middlesex County, New Jersey. This detection is approximately 20 miles south of the Jersey City infestation and will create a new quarantine.
• July 19, 2004 – A final rule is issued, effective March 3, 2004, expanding the Chicago quarantine due to an infestation found in the Oz Park area while also deregulating the areas of Summit and Addison. The remaining quarantine is 35 square miles.
• Summer 2004 – The Illinois project started collecting survey data using Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs).
• Spring 2004 – Treatment operations increased from the 2003 level. In New York, Manhattan and Islip are treated to ½ mile radius in addition to the band bordering the East River in Brooklyn and Queens. Trees are treated using trunk and soil injection techniques. Additionally, an operational pilot for pressurized trunk injection allowed treatment of some trees in Lindenhurst, Long Island. Illinois and New Jersey conducted full treatments within a ½ mile radius, and Illinois removed the satellite areas of Addison and Summit from treatment.
• March 8, 2004 – An interim rule is published, effective March 3, 2004, to expand the area of Chicago quarantined to include Oz Park. In addition, the areas of Summit and Addison in Illinois are deregulated due to several years of negative survey. The quarantine is 35 square miles.

2003

• November 19, 2003 – As a result of a public reporting of a live beetle, a new infested area is found in Oz Park, Illinois, just south of the Ravenswood quarantine area.
• September 15, 2003 – The interim rule effective May 13, 2003 is affirmed as a final rule. This rule expands the New York City quarantine boundary to 132 square miles. In addition, a new quarantine is added in Jersey City and Hoboken, New Jersey, which is 4 square miles.
• September 2003 – Asian Longhorned Beetle detected in Toronto, Canada.
• May 19, 2003 – USDA publishes an interim rule, effective May 13, 2003, to expand the New York City quarantined areas in Brooklyn and Queens by 10 square miles, increasing the total New York quarantine to 132 square miles. Four square miles are quarantined in Jersey City and Hoboken, New Jersey.
• May 2003 – Tree climbing and bucket truck survey contracts are terminated in New York due to funding difficulties. Survey continued by ground survey conducted by program staff.
• Spring 2003 – Treatment activities in New York are scaled back due to lack of funding. Treatment occurred in Manhattan and Islip. First treatment applied in New Jersey and treatment area expanded to ½ mile in some areas of Illinois.

2002

• October 10, 2002 – Asian Longhorned Beetle is found in Jersey City, New Jersey, as a result of a public report of seeing live beetles. The infestation is only 2.5 miles from the nearest known infested tree in Manhattan.
• Spring 2002 – Treatment areas are expanded from 1/8 mile to 1/4 mile from all known infestations in New York and Illinois. Soil injection is used to treat over half of the trees in Illinois. Soil drench treatment is developed for containerized host plants in New York.
• February 28, 2002 – A final rule to change the quarantine boundaries in New York and Illinois, effective November 2, 2001, is published in the Federal Register.

2001

• November 8, 2001 – USDA issues an interim rule, effective November 2, 2001, expanding the Chicago quarantine in addition to adding a new area, Bensenville, in Illinois. The Chicago quarantine is expanded due to the detection of infested trees in Loyola. This expansion and the addition of Bensenville increase the Illinois quarantine to 30 square miles. Furthermore, the New York quarantine is expanded in Manhattan and Queens, which connects the Western and Eastern quarantines, increasing the quarantined area in New York to 122 square miles.
• August 8, 2001 – Final rule to expand New York quarantines, effective September 6, 2000, is published. This rule covers the addition of Manhattan and Islip as well as the expansion of the Queens, Brooklyn, and Central Long Island quarantines. The New York quarantine is now 104 square miles.
• June 4, 2001 – Tree survey contracts begin in New York. These contracts incorporate the expertise of commercial tree care companies, through tree climbing and bucket trucks, in order to enhance the effectiveness of the detection program.
  May 24, 2001 – The PBS television magazine, Scientific American Frontiers, filmed ALB eradication components and detection tools on location at Calvary Cemetery in New York City. The show is hosted by actor Alan Alda.
• May 2001 – Chicago's Northwestern University films a documentary on ALB at the Park Ridge quarantine area.
• April 26, 2001 – New York begins insecticide imidacloprid trunk injection treatments.
• April 17, 2001 – Mayor of Massapequa, USDA, and NYSDAM hold a public meeting to discuss upcoming imidacloprid treatments.
• April 11, 2001 – Illinois starts their second year of insecticide trunk injection treatments using imidacloprid.
• March 29, 2001 – USDA, State of Illinois Department of Agriculture, City of Chicago, and Chicago Aldermen hold public meetings to discuss upcoming imidacloprid treatments in the City of Chicago.
• March 26 and 27, 2001 – USDA and NYSDAM hold public meetings in Islip and Massapequa, respectively, to discuss upcoming imidacloprid treatments.
• March 21, 2001 – USDA, State of Illinois Department of Agriculture, and City of Chicago hold a press conference to announce the expansion of the quarantine area north to Loyola University, which will increase the quarantined area by 4 square miles.
• March 19-21, 2001 – USDA, City of New York Parks and Recreation, and NYSDAM hold public meetings in Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn, respectively, to discuss upcoming imidacloprid treatments.
• March 14 and 15, 2001 – USDA and State of Illinois Department of Agriculture hold public meetings in the Cities of Addison and Summit to discuss the 2001 imidacloprid treatment program.
• March 13, 2001 – New York hosts press conference with Mayor Giuliani, Commissioner Henry Stern, and Director of USDA's OTIS research facility, Vic Mastro, to announce the commencement of imidacloprid insecticide treatments in New York.
• March 7, 2001 – APHIS issues a press release to announce the commencement of imidacloprid insecticide treatments in New York and Chicago.
• January 2001 – Chicago's Morton Arboretum hosts ALB forum for Illinois cooperators and personnel from ARS, LPA, and Forest Service.
• January 2001 – Chicago USDA implements mass mailing campaign to green industry businesses.

2000

• November 28, 2000 – A new infested area is found near O’Hare Airport in Illinois.
• November 2000 – USDA, City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation, and a representative from Senator Carolyn Maloney's office attend a public, televised forum on ALB hosted by Trees New York.
• October 23, 2000 – APHIS issues a press release to announce continued restrictions on firewood movement in New York and Chicago.
• September 25, 2000 – The Strategic Plan for the Eradication of Asian Longhorned Beetle from New York and Illinois is developed by APHIS.
• September 12, 2000 – An interim rule, effective September 6, 2000, is published in the Federal Register announcing the expansion of the quarantine boundaries in New York City and Long Island, New York. This rule covers the addition of Manhattan and Islip as well as the expansion of the Queens, Brooklyn, and Central Long Island quarantines. The New York quarantine is now 104 square miles.
• July 2000 – A new area of infestation is found at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, New York.
• Spring/Summer 2000 – Start of ALB ad campaign "WANTED: The Asian Longhorned Beetle" in New York and Chicago.
• Spring/Summer 2000 – Mass mailing disseminated to community group and association leaders in the New York/Manhattan area. Mailer included letter, questionnaire, and ALB literature (tent cards and citizen guide to beetle busting).
• June 29, 2000 – Imidacloprid trunk injection operational treatments are completed in Illinois. 11,440 ALB host trees are treated throughout Chicago, Cook County Forest Preserve, Addison, and Summit to prevent infestation by the beetle.
• June 2000 – An infestation of Asian Longhorned Beetle is detected in maple trees in Luther Gulick Playground in Lower West Side of Manhattan. This is the second detection of the beetle in Manhattan and will expand the quarantined area in Manhattan.
• May 17, 2000 – Final rule adopted, effective January 27, 2000, to amend Illinois quarantine areas to include Kilbourn Park and Park Ridge in addition to expanding the quarantine around the Ravenswood area of Chicago. The new quarantined area is 16 square miles.
• May 8, 2000 – Imidacloprid trunk injection operational treatments begin in Illinois.
• April 2000 – The New Pest Response Guidelines for The Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), is developed by APHIS.
• February 14, 2000 – An EA and FONSI are prepared and signed regarding the use of soil and trunk injection of pesticides in operational activities to control and eradicate ALB.
• February 2, 2000 – USDA publishes an interim rule, effective January 27, 2000, which expands the quarantine around the Ravenswood area of Chicago and adds two new areas, Kilbourn Park near the Ravenswood area and a new satellite area in Park Ridge.
• January 31, 2000 – The field test Environmental Assessment is published in the Federal Register.
• January 31, 2000 – Secretary Glickman releases a press release outlining several USDA initiatives to combat invasive pests and mentions the upcoming ALB operation of treatment pilots.