One area where the government needs to do better is the area of bug invasion. Every year, the ports in Los Angeles and New York allow foreign insects to enter the United States. While some of the insects don’t have a large impact on our environment, others do. One example is the Asian Longhorn Beetle.
This beetle kills thousands of trees in our forests every year. The economic damage to our forests could be in the millions of dollars per year. Some measures will soon be implanted to stop the bugs in their tracks. I hope that inspections and treatments at the border will be effective. If they aren’t, we could be in real trouble.