Approximately 6
million people visit the Napa Valley every year, primarily to enjoy
its wineries, restaurants, and natural beauty. If the wine grape industry
were to disappear as a result of the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter, there
is no other sustainable agricultural commodity that could take its
place. The only viable alternative would be large-scale development.
Agriculture and tourist-supported industries would give way to high-tech
business parks and housing developments, as in infested counties in
Southern California and in the Silicon Valley. Everyone living in
Napa County would feel the effect.