Apple maggot quarantine area proposed

From: Yakima Herald-Republic | Date: March 25, 2005| Author: Benjamin J. Romano | Copyright information

By BENJAMIN ROMANO

YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC

There was virtually no opposition Thursday to a proposed apple maggot quarantine for the western portion of Yakima County.

About 20 people gathered in a meeting room at the Washington State Department of Agriculture's Yakima office to give testimony on plans to place the portion of the county west of a north-south line running through the junction of U.S. Highway 12 and State Route 410 under quarantine for the fruit-damaging pest....

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