Press Releases
2024
Wednesday, January 3, 2024--CAES Announces Renewal of the Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine for Connecticut
2023
Friday, September 29, 2023--2023 Connecticut Oak Mast Survey Results
Tuesday, September 12, 2023--Risk of Mosquito-Borne Diseases Continues: Eastern Equine Encephalitis Positive Mosquitoes Found in 6 Connecticut Towns
Friday, September 1, 2023--State Reports First Positive Mosquitoes for EEE Virus in Thompson, CT
Friday, September 1, 2023--CAES Scientists Release Updated Bulletin on Management of Beech Leaf Disease
Thursday, August 31, 2023--West Nile Virus Update: Positive Mosquitoes Found in 26 Connecticut Towns
Monday, July 31, 2023--Introduction and Establishment of Invasive Ticks as a Significant Public Health and Veterinary Concern in Connecticut
Wednesday, July 26, 2023--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in Wethersfield: First WNV-Positive Mosquito Pools of Season
Wednesday, July 19, 2023--Plant Science Day 2023 Open House Presented by The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Wednesday, May 31, 2023--State Mosquito Monitoring Program Begins Testing for Mosquito-Borne Viral Diseases
Monday, January 9, 2023--CAES Announces Renewal of the Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine for Connecticut
2022
Thursday, October 20, 2022--USDA NIFA Workshop Report on Toxic Elements in Food is Released
Friday, September 23, 2022--2022 Connecticut Oak Mast Survey Results
Thursday, September 1, 2022--Risk of West Nile Virus Continues: Positive Mosquitoes Detected in 23 Connecticut Towns
Thursday, August 18, 2022--West Nile Virus Expanding Throughout Connecticut: Positive Mosquitoes Found in 17 Towns
Tuesday, July 26, 2022--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in Four Connecticut Towns
Wednesday, July 20, 2022--Plant Science Day 2022 Open House Presented by The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Tuesday, June 21, 2022--USDA Awards The CT Agricultural Experiment Station $636,646.00 to Fight Plant Viruses with Nanotechnology
Monday, June 6, 2022--Connecticut’s Beech Trees Severely Impacted by Beech Leaf Disease: Beech Leaf Disease Widespread and Severe in Connecticut and the Northeast
Tuesday, May 31, 2022--State Mosquito Monitoring Program Begins Testing for Mosquito-Borne Viral Diseases
Monday, May 16, 2022--CAES and DEEP Anticipate Heavy Spongy Moth Defoliation in Litchfield County this Spring
Monday, May 9, 2022--Symposium on Vector-borne Diseases: Increasing Tick and Mosquito Activity, Associated Public Health Challenges, and Mitigation Strategies
Monday, January 3, 2022--CAES Announces Renewal of the Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine for Connecticut
2021
Friday, October 29, 2021--CAES Announces the Discovery of a New Non-native Invasive Plant in Connecticut
Monday, October 25, 2021--State Monitoring Program Concludes for the 2021 Season
Monday, August 30, 2021--First Discovery of Established Population of the Asian Longhorned Tick, an Invasive Pathogen Vector, in New Haven County, Connecticut
Thursday, July 29, 2021--CAES Announces The Finding of Spotted Lanternfly in Fairfield and Westport, Connecticut
Wednesday, July 28, 2021--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in Five More Connecticut Towns
Thursday, July 22, 2021--Plant Science Day 2021 Open House Presented by The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Monday, July 19, 2021--CAES Announces the Finding of a Spotted Lanternfly in Norwalk, Connecticut
Tuesday, June 29, 2021--Gypsy Moth 2021 Outbreak in Northwest Connecticut Causes Extensive Defoliation
Tuesday, June 29, 2021--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in Milford
Thursday, June 10, 2021--Beech Leaf Disease Now Widespread in Connecticut
Thursday, June 3, 2021--The CAES Announces the Finding of the Box Tree Moth in Connecticut
Tuesday, June 1, 2021--State Mosquito Monitoring Program Begins Testing for Mosquito-Borne Viral Diseases
Wednesday, January 13, 2021--Emerald Ash Borer No Longer Regulated by the USDA State Regulations on Movement of Firewood into and Within Connecticut Remain in Place
2020
Wednesday, December 9, 2020--Nature Nanotechnology publishes study from The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) as part of the NSF The Center for Sustainability Nanotechnology (CSN)
Tuesday, November 10, 2020--Study Documents Increases in Mosquito Abundance and Species Diversity in Connecticut
Thursday, October 15, 2020--CAES Announces the Finding of a Spotted Lanternfly Population in New Canaan, Connecticut
Wednesday, September 23, 2020--New Study Finds Testing Sewage is a Highly Accurate Predictor of SARS CoV-2 Activity in the Community
Monday, September 21, 2020--CAES Announces the Finding of Spotted Lanternfly in West Haven and Greenwich, Connecticut
Monday, September 14, 2020--Asian Long Horned Tick
Friday, September 11, 2020--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Receives $3.2 Million in FDA Funding
Wednesday, December 9, 2020--Nature Nanotechnology publishes study from The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) as part of the NSF The Center for Sustainability Nanotechnology (CSN)
Tuesday, November 10, 2020--Study Documents Increases in Mosquito Abundance and Species Diversity in Connecticut
Thursday, October 15, 2020--CAES Announces the Finding of a Spotted Lanternfly Population in New Canaan, Connecticut
Wednesday, September 23, 2020--New Study Finds Testing Sewage is a Highly Accurate Predictor of SARS CoV-2 Activity in the Community
Monday, September 21, 2020--CAES Announces the Finding of Spotted Lanternfly in West Haven and Greenwich, Connecticut
Monday, September 14, 2020--Asian Long Horned Tick
Friday, September 11, 2020--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Receives $3.2 Million in FDA Funding
Friday, August 28, 2020--Risk of West Nile Virus Continues: Positive Mosquitoes Detected in 14 Connecticut Towns
Monday, August 24, 2020--Populations of Gulf Coast Tick
Tuesday, August 11, 2020--State Reports First Positive Mosquitoes for EEE Virus in Stonington
Monday, August 10, 2020--USDA Asks Residents to Forward Unsolicited Packages of Seeds
Tuesday, August 4, 2020--Native Cicada Killer vs. Giant Asian Murder Hornet
Wednesday, July 29, 2020--CAES Plant Science Day 2020--Virtual
Thursday, July 16, 2020--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in Newington
Thursday, July 2, 2020--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES), along with 10 Universities and one National Laboratory, is funded as part of The Center for Sustainability Nanotechnology (CSN)
Tuesday, June 23, 2020--Lone Star Tick
Monday, June 22, 2020--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station receives $747,602 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant to investigate functions of microbiome on apple flowers in fruit development and disease resistance
Monday, August 24, 2020--Populations of Gulf Coast Tick
Tuesday, August 11, 2020--State Reports First Positive Mosquitoes for EEE Virus in Stonington
Monday, August 10, 2020--USDA Asks Residents to Forward Unsolicited Packages of Seeds
Tuesday, August 4, 2020--Native Cicada Killer vs. Giant Asian Murder Hornet
Wednesday, July 29, 2020--CAES Plant Science Day 2020--Virtual
Thursday, July 16, 2020--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in Newington
Thursday, July 2, 2020--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES), along with 10 Universities and one National Laboratory, is funded as part of The Center for Sustainability Nanotechnology (CSN)
Tuesday, June 23, 2020--Lone Star Tick
Monday, June 22, 2020--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station receives $747,602 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant to investigate functions of microbiome on apple flowers in fruit development and disease resistance
Wednesday, June 3, 2020--CAES Announces First Report of Beech Leaf Disease in Hamden and New Haven, Connecticut
Monday, June 1, 2020--State Mosquito Monitoring Program Begins Testing for Mosquito-Borne Viral Diseases
Thursday, May 28, 2020--The CAES Invasive Aquatic Week Program Discovers
Tuesday, May 26, 2020--CAES Plant Science Day 2020-Virtual
Monday, May 18, 2020--CAES Tick Testing Laboratory Remains Open During COVID-19 Pandemic
Wednesday, April 8, 2020--White Appointed Director of The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Monday, April 6, 2020--CAES Announces Field Trials Showing Impact of a Variety of Delivery Mechanisms for Zoonotic Disease Control
Thursday, February 20, 2020--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station announces results of the first statewide active tick surveillance effort
Monday, June 1, 2020--State Mosquito Monitoring Program Begins Testing for Mosquito-Borne Viral Diseases
Thursday, May 28, 2020--The CAES Invasive Aquatic Week Program Discovers
Tuesday, May 26, 2020--CAES Plant Science Day 2020-Virtual
Monday, May 18, 2020--CAES Tick Testing Laboratory Remains Open During COVID-19 Pandemic
Wednesday, April 8, 2020--White Appointed Director of The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Monday, April 6, 2020--CAES Announces Field Trials Showing Impact of a Variety of Delivery Mechanisms for Zoonotic Disease Control
Thursday, February 20, 2020--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station announces results of the first statewide active tick surveillance effort
Monday, February 3, 2020--Food testing for pesticides by The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) reveals 98% of tested samples are within federal tolerances
Wednesday, January 29, 2020--New Study Identifies Ornamental Nursery Plants Used by Honey Bees for Pollen
Tuesday, January 7, 2020--CAES Announces Field Trials Show Impact of a non-GMO Rodent-Targeted Oral Bait Vaccine in Preventing Lyme Disease Transmission
Tuesday, January 7, 2020--New Study Finds Extra Blood Meals Enhances Zika Virus Transmission by Mosquitoes
Tuesday, January 7, 2020--CAES Announces Field Trials Show Impact of a non-GMO Rodent-Targeted Oral Bait Vaccine in Preventing Lyme Disease Transmission
Tuesday, January 7, 2020--New Study Finds Extra Blood Meals Enhances Zika Virus Transmission by Mosquitoes
2019
Friday, December 6, 2019--Lone Star Tick, An Aggressive Human Biter and Vector of Several Human Disease, is Rapidly Range Expanding in Connecticut and Throughout the Northeast
Wednesday, November 13, 2019--CAES Announces the discovery of a highly invasive and damaging weed in Connecticut
Thursday, October 17, 2019--Beech Leaf Disease
Thursday, October 17, 2019--Beech Leaf Disease
Wednesday, October 16, 2019--Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Activity Declining in State but Continues to be Detected in Mosquitoes
Tuesday, October 15, 2019--Spotted Lanternfly CT
Friday, September 27, 2019--Risk of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Continues: Virus Detected in 21 Connecticut Towns
Thursday, September 5, 2019--Risk of Mosquito-Borne Diseases Continues: Eastern Equine Encephalitis Positive Mosquitoes Found in 10 Connecticut Towns
Wednesday, August 21, 2019--West Nile Virus Expanding Throughout Connecticut: Positive Mosquitoes found in 14 Towns
Monday, August 5, 2019--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in Voluntown First EEE-Positive Mosquito Pools of the Season
Tuesday, October 15, 2019--Spotted Lanternfly CT
Friday, September 27, 2019--Risk of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Continues: Virus Detected in 21 Connecticut Towns
Thursday, September 5, 2019--Risk of Mosquito-Borne Diseases Continues: Eastern Equine Encephalitis Positive Mosquitoes Found in 10 Connecticut Towns
Wednesday, August 21, 2019--West Nile Virus Expanding Throughout Connecticut: Positive Mosquitoes found in 14 Towns
Monday, August 5, 2019--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in Voluntown First EEE-Positive Mosquito Pools of the Season
Thursday, August 1, 2019--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in East Haven
Wednesday, July 24, 2019--Plant Science Day 2019 Open House Presented by The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Friday, May 31, 2019--State Mosquito Monitoring Program Begins Testing for Mosquito-Borne Viral Diseases
Tuesday, May 28, 2019--Study Assesses Areas at Greater Risk for Lyme Disease in Connecticut
Thursday, April 11, 2019--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Announces a New Tick Surveillance Program for Connecticut
2018
Tuesday, May 28, 2019--Study Assesses Areas at Greater Risk for Lyme Disease in Connecticut
Thursday, April 11, 2019--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Announces a New Tick Surveillance Program for Connecticut
2018
Tuesday, October 30, 2018--CAES Scientist Develops Novel Method for Accurately Measuring the Carbon Stored in Trees, and the Amount Lost Due to Decay
Monday, October 22, 2018--CAES Announces the Finding of Spotted Lanternfly in Farmington, CT
Wednesday, October 3, 2018--Positive Mosquitoes for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in Hampton and North Stonington Risk of West Nile Virus Continues: Positive Mosquitoes Detected in 53 Connecticut Towns
Monday, October 1, 2018--Tick Testing Laboratory at The Connecticut Agricultural Station Reports the First Evidence of Human Biting by the Exotic East Asian Longhorned Tick in the State
Thursday, August 23, 2018--Risk of West Nile Virus Continues: Positive Mosquitoes Detected in 40 Connecticut Towns
Thursday, August 9, 2018--Pollinator Habitat Workshop at Blueberry Hill Organic Farm
Monday, July 30, 2018--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station’s (CAES) chemical surveillance of human food for pesticides and arsenic finds that 98% of tested samples are within federal tolerances
Thursday, July 26, 2018--Plant Science Day 2018 Open House Presented by The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Wednesday, July 25, 2018--State Reports Expansion of West Nile Virus: Positive Mosquitos Identified in Eight More Connecticut Towns
Tuesday, July 3, 2018--Tour of Meadows and Pollinator Habitat to be Co-Led by Bee Scientist
Tuesday, June 26, 2018--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in New Canaan First WNV Positive Mosquito Pool of Season
Monday, June 25, 2018--Peak Tick Abundance and Increased Infection with Lyme Disease Reported Statewide
Monday, June 4, 2018--State Mosquito Monitoring Program Begins Testing for Mosquito-Borne Viral Diseases
Tuesday, March 6, 2018--Keeping Luggage Free From Bed Bugs
Wednesday, February 21, 2018--Researchers Develop Bacteria Free Mosquitoes: A New Tool for Studying Mosquito Borne Disease Control
2017
October 17, 2017--Positive Mosquitoes for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Detected in Eastern Connecticut
October 16, 2017--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station receives $459,978 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant to investigate organic methods of controlling an apple disease
September 27, 2017--Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Scientists Report on a Decade's Worth of Data Linking Increased Abundances of Blacklegged Ticks with the Invasive Shrub, Japanese Barberry
October 16, 2017--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station receives $459,978 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant to investigate organic methods of controlling an apple disease
September 27, 2017--Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Scientists Report on a Decade's Worth of Data Linking Increased Abundances of Blacklegged Ticks with the Invasive Shrub, Japanese Barberry
September 20, 2017--
DEEP and CAES Discover an Established Population of Lone Star Ticks Along Coastal Connecticut
September 12, 2017--Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) Scientist join the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology
September 12, 2017--Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) Scientist join the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology
August 24, 2017--West Nile Virus Rapidly Expanding Throughout Connecticut
July 19, 2017--CAES Plant Science Day 2017
July 11, 2017-- State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus
May 23, 2017--Study
Documents Northern Range Expansion of the Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) in Connecticut
March 23, 2017--CAES and DEEP Anticipate Another Spring of Heavy Gypsy Moth Defoliation: May and June Rains to Determine Effectiveness of Beneficial Fungus
2016
October 25, 2016--The New Bed Bug Landlord Tenant Law
September 21, 2016--Update: Positive Mosquitoes for Eastern
Equine Encephalitis Virus in Voluntown West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes detected in 20 towns
August 19, 2016--West Nile Virus Now Detected in Nine Connecticut Towns
July 19, 2016--Plant Science Day 2016 Open House Presented by The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
July 15, 2016--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in Stamford: First WNV-Positive Mosquito Pool of Season
June 21, 2016--Pollinator Week in Connecticut
July 15, 2016--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in Stamford: First WNV-Positive Mosquito Pool of Season
June 21, 2016--Pollinator Week in Connecticut
February 22, 2016-- The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Reports Increased Prevalence of Babesiosis and Lyme Disease Infection in Connecticut Ticks in 2015
January 12, 2016--Wood Thrushes Identified as Superspreaders of Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a Highly Pathogenic Mosquito-borne Virus in the Northeastern U.S.
2015
August 13, 2015--State Reports Positive Mosquitoes for West Nile Virus in Five More Connecticut Towns
August 6, 2015--West Nile Virus on the Rise in Connecticut six towns have identified mosquitoes with West Nile virus so far this season
June 23, 2015--Gypsy Moth 2015 Outbreak
June 9, 2015--Pollinator Week in Connecticut
April 20, 2015-- Arbor
Day Tree Planting: The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and the
Connecticut Tree Protective Association
March 31, 2015-- Southern
Pine Beetle Found in New Haven, Litchfield and Hartford Counties, Connecticut
March 31, 2015-- The
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Receives Partnership Grants from
Northeastern IPM Center to Study Ticks and Fire Blight of Apples
March 23, 2015-- The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Receives USDA Farm Bill Funding to Protect Connecticut Agriculture and Plants from Pests and Diseases
March 23, 2015-- The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Receives USDA Farm Bill Funding to Protect Connecticut Agriculture and Plants from Pests and Diseases
2014
November 12, 2014-- Connecticut
Agricultural Experiment Station to Hold Public Hearing Concerning Quarantine
Covering All of Connecticut for Emerald Ash Borer
November 6, 2014-- Nanoparticles May Accumulate In The Food Chain
July 25, 2014-- Plant Science Day 2014 Presented by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
July 16, 2014-- Emerald Ash Borer Distribution Expanding in Connecticut
March 31, 2014-- Rodent Lyme Vaccine To Be Tested In Redding, Connecticut
November 6, 2014-- Nanoparticles May Accumulate In The Food Chain
July 25, 2014-- Plant Science Day 2014 Presented by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
July 16, 2014-- Emerald Ash Borer Distribution Expanding in Connecticut
March 31, 2014-- Rodent Lyme Vaccine To Be Tested In Redding, Connecticut
August 9, 2013-- Emerald
Ash Borer Found in Two New Counties in Connecticut, Hartford and Litchfield
July 28, 2013-- Emerald
Ash Borer Found in Fairfield County: Sherman
July 10, 2013-- CAES
Plant Science Day
May 20, 2013--Emerald
Ash Borer Found in Hamden, ConnecticutFebruary 26, 2013-- Emerald
Ash Borer Found in Three Additional New Haven County Communities: Cheshire,
Oxford, Middlebury
2012
August 17, 2012-- The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Receives CDC Lyme Disease Grant for the Management of Ticks to Prevent Lyme Disease
July 20, 2012-- Emerald
Ash Borer Found in Prospect and Naugatuck, Connecticut
April 25, 2012-- Spring
Open House 2012
March 19, 2012-- The
Experiment Station Associates Annual Meeting
2011
December 12, 2011-- New
Fungal Blight Infecting Boxwood Plants
October 7, 2011-- New agricultural pest discovered in Connecticut
October 7, 2011-- New agricultural pest discovered in Connecticut
September 30, 2011-- Connecticut
Bed Bug Forum VI Thursday, October 6, 2011
July 8, 2011-- Plant Science Day 2011
July 8, 2011-- Plant Science Day 2011
2010
December 3, 2010-- Connecticut
Bed Bug Forum IV for Health and Pest Control Professionals Tuesday, December 7,
2010
December 2, 2010-- New
Agricultural Pest Arrives in Connecticut
August 5, 2010-- Seafood
test results from The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station help to
re-open fishing waters in the Gulf of Mexico
August 4, 2010-- Plant
Science Day 2010
July 29, 2010-- Connecticut
Agricultural Experiment Station Assists the United States Food and Drug
Administration on Testing Seafood from the Gulf of Mexico
July 22, 2010-- DEP
and Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Announce the Presence of
Emerald Ash Borer in Saugerties, New York
April
22, 2010--Spring Open House 2010
March 31, 2010--State Regulations Approved for the Asian Longhorned Beetle and Emerald Ash Borer
March 31, 2010--State Regulations Approved for the Asian Longhorned Beetle and Emerald Ash Borer
March
10, 2010--The Experiment Station Associates Annual Meeting
March
5, 2010--Connecticut Bed Bug Forum III
2009
December
10, 2009--Girls and Science Mentorship Program
October
15, 2009--Connecticut Bed Bug Forum
April
23, 2009--Spring Open House 2009
April
13, 2009--Chestnuts for Future Forests, Hybrid Chestnuts Planted at Griswold
Research Center
March
17, 2009--CT Bed Bug Forum
March
17, 2009--CT Bed Bug Forum with Images
January
29, 2009--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station hosts a tour of the
Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for the Connecticut Media, Legislators, and
Interested Citizens
2008
October
20, 2008--Issues Associated with Melamine
August
18, 2008--The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Asks Residents to
Watch for Asian Longhorned Beetle
For additional Asian Longhorned
Beetle information go to our Special Features page
July
1, 2008--Plant Science Day 2008
June
27, 2008--Watermilfoil, Weevils and What Can Be Done
April
1, 2008--Spring Open House 2008
2006
Heavy Gypsy Moth Activity Anticipated
Again in 2006
2005
Gypsy Moths Active in 2005
2004
5/26/04 Louis A. Magnarelli Named
Director
1999
1/08/99
Asian Beetle Found Attacking Arborvitae
6/28/99
New Mosquito Found
1998
7/28/98
Beekeepers Warned about Foulbrood
7/20/98
Video about EEE in Libraries
4/12/98
Lyme Disease Ticks More Abundant and Active Early
1997
12/22/97
Kirby Stafford Named Head of Forestry and Horticulture