What are the likely social and political impacts?
Medium. Everywhere EAB has been discovered, it has impacted communities and industries (i.e., forest products, arborists and nurseries).Federal quarantines constrain industry and municipalities struggle to keep parks and streets safe.As more and more states have confirmed the presence of this pest, federal funding for eradication and/or mitigation of this insect have dwindled to almost nothing. This leaves states and municipalities to find financial assistance from other sources.
