Quarantine Declared in Kern County for Melon Fruit Fly
August 19, 2010
August 19, 2010
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 19 -- The California Department of Food and Agriculture issued the following news release:
A quarantine is in place in Kern County, where invasive melon fruit flies have been detected in the Arvin/Mettler area.
The quarantine measures 82 square miles and is bordered on the west by an imaginary line that intersects Copus Rd. halfway between Highway 99 and I-5; on the south by Legray Rd.; on the east by an imaginary line in the foothills betwe . . .
A quarantine is in place in Kern County, where invasive melon fruit flies have been detected in the Arvin/Mettler area.
The quarantine measures 82 square miles and is bordered on the west by an imaginary line that intersects Copus Rd. halfway between Highway 99 and I-5; on the south by Legray Rd.; on the east by an imaginary line in the foothills betwe . . .