The 1998 survey yielded two apple maggot flies in Yakima and two flies in Ellensburg. The 1998 catches prompted extra state Department of Agriculture survey efforts and local Pest Board control efforts in those communities. There was one catch in Ellensburg in 1999, so trapping will continue there at the same level. Fruit inspections at all Eastern Washington catch sites revealed no infested fruit. Western Washington, Klickitat and Spokane counties are quarantined to prevent the spread of the insect to the states' commercial apple-growing regions.
Major apple producing districts of Washington remain free of apple maggot.
Residents who have an apple, crabapple or Hawthorne trees may participate in this year's survey. Trappers use a special yellow panel sticky trap to detect apple maggot flies. The survey will take place immediately through August. Traps will be removed in September. NMFS also has plans to destroy surplus Chinook at the Winthrop hatchery this year, while ODFW plans to destroy 1000 steel head returning to the Grande Ronde River.