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<P><FONT size=2><FONT size=3>Hi All,<BR><BR>For those who are going to Pennsic
this year and are planning to bring their own firewood. Please read below,
it is copied from the Pennsic webpage today:<BR></FONT><BR><BR></FONT><FONT
size=3><EM>Firewood Quarantine in Butler County<BR>Pennsylvania state officials
have placed a quarantine on the transportation of ash trees and firewood into or
out of Allegheny, Butler, Beaver and Lawrence counties after an emerald ash
borer -- a tiny green beetle from Asia -- was discovered in a tree in
Cranberry.<BR>(Cooper's Lake Campground, in Slippery Rock, PA, is within Butler
County.)<BR><BR>The quarantine restricts the movement of ash nursery stock,
green lumber and any other ash material, including logs, stumps, roots and
branches, and all wood chips.<BR><BR>Because of the difficulty in distinguishing
between species of firewood, campers are being asked to use only locally
harvested firewood, which should all be burned on-site and not carried to new
locations. All types of hardwood firewood, including ash, oak, maple and
hickory, are considered quarantined.<BR></EM></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><EM>Miles</P></EM></FONT></BODY></HTML>