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treevet · 27th April 2008, 09:09 PM

I am familiar with Smitley. The guy I am in contact with is Dan Herms. What a great guy and very acessable and not at all condescending like you might expect. I think their are 4 lead researchers (I could be wrong) and these are 2 of them, the other being Deb McCullough (sp?) and not sure of other. The first seminar I attended was in 2002 with Ind Arb Assoc at Purdue Univ for EAB.

Looks like you are in one little hot spot or it is called a brush fire I think (as opposed to a forest fire). IMO when you are in a quarantined county and no contiguous quar counties around you then it spreads much faster as all wood and other refuse has to be distributed in your perimeter and it doesn t matter to anyone if it contains eab larvae. Reality is sad sometimes.

I just went in and passed a 2 hour test for a pesticide license last week. Have you done it? Could stand to make some good money and IMO it is very ethical if person wants to spend it and can afford it. I sold my big 50 gpm sprayer a few years ago but as luck would have I have a small one if I get into soil injection.

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treevet Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 1,123	Re: Emerald Ash Borer\| New Treatment 99% Effective I am familiar with Smitley. The guy I am in contact with is Dan Herms. What a great guy and very acessable and not at all condescending like you might expect. I think their are 4 lead researchers (I could be wrong) and these are 2 of them, the other being Deb McCullough (sp?) and not sure of other. The first seminar I attended was in 2002 with Ind Arb Assoc at Purdue Univ for EAB. Looks like you are in one little hot spot or it is called a brush fire I think (as opposed to a forest fire). IMO when you are in a quarantined county and no contiguous quar counties around you then it spreads much faster as all wood and other refuse has to be distributed in your perimeter and it doesn t matter to anyone if it contains eab larvae. Reality is sad sometimes. I just went in and passed a 2 hour test for a pesticide license last week. Have you done it? Could stand to make some good money and IMO it is very ethical if person wants to spend it and can afford it. I sold my big 50 gpm sprayer a few years ago but as luck would have I have a small one if I get into soil injection.