[MR] Firewood Ban at Pennsic

[Alianora Munro]

Bit late on the reply to this, but:

Grinding wood chips to pieces 1" or less in diameter kills any emerald ash borer present in the wood, in any stage of development.  Chipping is, in fact, the best way to kill the wee beasties.

FWIW, EAB is not the only nasty out there.  It's a good idea generally not to move firewood, as it can be a host for a variety of pests.

'nora
(who in Real Life knows far more about exotic tree-eating insects than she cares to discuss) 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Dexter Guptill <3fgburner at gmail.com>
To: isolda1066 at excite.com
Cc: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 1:28:25 PM
Subject: Re: [MR] Firewood Ban at Pennsic


Hopefully, incineration with extreme prejudice. Might be a good idea
to bag the stuff up, and ship it to a coal-fired power plant or
something <eeevil grin>.

On 6/29/07, Jill <isolda1066 at excite.com> wrote:
>
> Milord
> I replied before reading your post.  You are correct.  In the isolated part of Prince George's County, DNR has gone through and cut all the Ash trees down in the quarantine area.  I saw some samples of wood in the warehouse where they're doing this, and some branches were just littered with the larval trails.  DNR has been putting all the trees through the wood chipper twice to be sure they're getting everything.  Though, I'm not sure what they're doing with the woodchips.

Erich von Kleinfeld, mka
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