WASHINGTON -- A new report from the National Research Council finds that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is within its broad regulatory ...

State and federal officials have eradicated a light brown apple moth infestation in the Carpinteria area. The federal domestic quarantine for all of Santa Barbara County and a 10-square-mile state ...

Q. I’ve heard that Los Osos and part of the Nipomo Mesa have been placed under a plant transportation quarantine that even affects home gardeners. Is that true? - John Normanly, Nipomo A. The answer, ...

FRESNO — The light-brown apple moth is either a voracious annihilator of fruits or a benign bug indistinguishable from dozens of its relatives present in California. It either is responsible for the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Talk about an earthy fight: Two coalitions of state environmental and ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has classified the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM)--originally from Australia and confirmed in California in 2007- ...

The state finds itself back in court defending aerial spray to eradicate the /*light brown apple moth*/, known as /*LBAM*/. "This is supposed to be an immediate response to a danger. Well, how bad is ...

New to California but already feared as a farm pest, light brown apple moths have edged closer to the Mid-Valley. But local officials, while watchful, see little immediate threat to the region's prune ...

For those unfamiliar with the California State Grange, it is California’s oldest agricultural organization priding itself in representing farmers and consumers alike. The Grange is asking for the ...

Public meeting on the proposed aerial spraying of the Light Brown Apple Moth Light Brown Apple Moth people like to talk. A lot. They also like to listen to each other talk about the Light Brown Apple ...