From what I have been reading there was federal money allocated to deal with the disease on a national level but that has since not been renewed. It is amazing to me that there is such a difference on how different states deal with it and like you said piecemeal is unlikely to be successful. What is clear is that the disease is spreading rapidly and will be a big issue for states like mine in the future. When I read the article Jake posted it struck me that there is a question in my mind about whether the authors based it on science or is an anti tool.