In the southern Urals reduced the area of quarantine zones due to forest pest

In the Chelyabinsk region, after inventory, the area of quarantine phytosanitary zones established due to black pine mustache was reduced. The territory of restrictions decreased by 263.3 thousand hectares. This was reported in the Ural interregional management of Rosselkhoznadzor.

Since the beginning of 2026, specialists of the department have surveyed 2.7 million hectares of the territory of the Chelyabinsk region. This is almost 31% of the area of the region.

To monitor the spread of pests installed 1160 pheromone traps. In addition, employees of the Rosselkhoznadzor collected almost 1.6 thousand samples, which were sent for laboratory research to the Ural branch of the ARRIAH.

Separately, experts checked quarantine zones previously established due to insects dangerous to the forest. We are talking about black pine, black spruce and small black spruce mustaches.

As a result of the inventory of the boundaries of the zones associated with black pine mustache, it was possible to revise. Their total area decreased by 263.3 thousand hectares and now amounts to 2.4 million hectares.

As for the other two types of pests, there are no final results yet. The information collected is still being processed.