I am absolutely honored to announce that the last trap
was removed on December 5th with no additional fine since
2021 reaching the three-year mark.
And now we can officially say that eradication has been
achieved.
And it's a significant victory for everybody who's involved in
all of Washington can actually be proud, especially those who
hung traps and those who called in reports.
And you know what, what can I say?
I'm just extremely excited to be able to announce this
today.
Our outreach program generated thousands and thousands of reports to
our hotline, and we did our very best to answer
each and everyone.
We even got some from other countries and other states.
And in doing this, a small population of Hornets that
was trying to establish here really couldn't do it in
secret.
Every time, every time a Hornet was flying around and
visiting somebody's window, we seem to get a call about
it.
We even got a call about one visiting somebody's doorbell
Cam and you know, that helped direct us to the
nests and take them out.
Although it is an absolutely significant victory, we won this
battle.
The battle will continue.
We will continue to be vigilant.
I got to tell you, as an entomologist, I've been
doing this for over 25 years now and it is
a it is a rare day when the humans actually
get to win one against the insects.