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Brown Moth Triggers Sonoma Vineyard Quarantine
Agriculture officials will inspect all grapes leaving area for infestation
By Lynn Alley  
Posted: Wednesday, May 14, 2008

An unwanted guest has brought a quarantine crashing down on 2,500 acres of vineyards in Sonoma County. State and local officials imposed the measure after a second light-brown apple moth was discovered near the town of Sonoma. Anxious growers are worried about the impact of the quarantine, which mandates that no fruit or flowers can be removed from the zone without state inspection. First identified in the San Francisco Bay Area in March 2007, the moth, native to eastern Australia, is seen .....

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