Michigan’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director tells Brownfield emergency trainings are helping the state mitigate the spread of disease and invasive species.
Gary McDowell says, “This year alone we have done 10 exercises, we call them our sampling teams, where every employee at MDARD is cross-trained in case of an emergency.”
He says emergency management incident teams are deployed during outbreaks, like when Spotted Wing Lanternfly was detected in Southeast Michigan in August.
