Current Emerald Ash Borer Information.

[estiers]

I would have your friend contact the State Department of Agriculture for the state s/he is trying to ship from.  They will be able to help determine if the movement can meet regulations.

As to your statement that it seems funny to allow logs to move and not firewood: EAB is very host specific.  A regulatory official would have a relatively easy time certifying that a load of logs was free of host material.  However, if that same load was in firewood form, it would be nearly impossible to certify that there was not one piece of host material in the load.

[Okrafarmer]

OK, that makes sense. Thanks.

[thechknhwk]

540 trees to be removed from bay city state park.

http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2015/01/first_ash_trees_fall_in_mass-c.html#incart_river

I wonder whats happening with all the wood?  Watch the video..

[Ron Scott]

Emerald Ash Borer Detected in Louisiana

KATC.com (February 18) - The emerald ash borer, a severe insect pest of ash trees, has been confirmed in Webster Parish making Louisiana the 25th state to confirm the presence of this beetle.

A US Forest Service and Forest Health Protection employee found evidence of emerald ash borer damage in ash trees during a visual survey. Further investigation revealed larvae (immature beetles) beneath the bark of multiple trees in approximately a two-acre area.

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry began drafting an emerald ash borer response plan in the fall of 2014 in preparation for the insect's anticipated arrival in Louisiana.

Related:

Emerald Ash Borer's "Inevitability" Prompts Loveland Ash Removals

KUNC.org (February 16) - Work is underway to remove 800 ash trees from Loveland parks and open spaces.

The emerald ash borer has been in Colorado for years now, but remained undetected until 2013 when it was found in the city of Boulder, the farthest point west that it has been detected.

Loveland forestry specialist Rob MacDonald thinks insect's spread north from Boulder is inevitable.

The total cost of removal and tree replacement will be more than $500,000, which MacDonald said would take between 8 and 10 years.

The E-Forester

[Ron Scott]

The Emerald Ash Borer Beetle Has Killed Trees in 22 States

Northdallasgazette.com (February 22) - Emerald ash borers now have infested at least 22 states and two Canadian provinces and have become the most destructive and costly forest insect to ever invade North America, says Deb McCullough, Michigan State University professor of forest entomology.

The E-Forester

[Ron Scott]

A Thousand Ash Trees Falling in Cambridge

The Record.com (June 3) - An inventory taken last fall shows that of the 55,000 street trees in Cambridge, Ontario, 4,095 are ash. Most of these trees are already infested with the emerald ash borer and city officials have decided that all ash must come down.

So begins the job of removing dying and dead trees over the next four years.

The E-Forester

[Ron Scott]

Ash Trees Succumb to Emerald Ash Borer in Catskills

Watershedpost.com (June 5) - The emerald ash borer is continuing its relentless push through the Catskills and New York State, killing thousands of trees and impacting the budgets of homeowners and state agencies, according to officials and experts.

The E-Forester

[JohnM]

Maybe it's been mentioned before in the thread but do the borers go after any size ash?  Or do they leave the saplings alone?  Is there any chance of the trees coming back after the borer's been through?

[jrose1970]

Hi everyone,
  I just wanted to pass along the sad news that the Emerald Ash Borer has been found in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. I don't have many Ash trees, but another eastern forest tree bites the dust.  As to your question, I would like to know if the Ash could rebound myself. It seems like the pest would kill it's host and die.  The Bowl Weavel still exists in Georgia though, just waiting to come back as soon as we let up.

[jrose1970]

Add Cumberland County to that. It's traveling faster than it was supposed to.   :'(

[SlimJim]

EAB is now on the Delmarva peninsula (MD but not sure if DE or not)

http://news.maryland.gov/mda/press-release/2015/06/22/pest-that-kills-ash-trees-discovered-in-four-more-maryland-counties-state-expected-to-fall-under-federal-quarantine-soon/

[Magicman]

It was/is so depressing to travel North and start seeing those dead Ash trees.  I guess that there is no stopping them.

[Ron Scott]

Kenosha County to Fell 2,600 Ash Trees

Kenoshanews.com (September 26) - Wisconsin's Kenosha County will down more than 2,600 ash trees in four county parks and golf courses due to damage by the emerald ash borer.

The county has secured a contract with an Oshkosh-based logging company, Koerner Forest Products, to do the job for about $17 to $29 per tree. The $78,000 contract allows the contractor to sell the logs for lumber and the branches for pulpwood.

County officials hope to sell the remaining materials as biomass to help offset costs.

The E-Forester

[beenthere]

When the county is under quarantine, don't understand how they can sell logs and pulp, or chips to be moved out of that county.

[jrose1970]

Hmmm. Good question. I think here in Tennessee you can sell firewood from one quarantined area to another. So, they could sell the timber from Wisconsin to Ohio and other quarantined states. I could be wrong though. That's always a distinct possumbility.

[beenthere]

jrose
Thanks, I think you are right.. And by the looks of it, most of the northeast is in Fed quarantine zone.

[Klunker]

Maybe it's been mentioned before in the thread but do the borers go after any size ash?  Or do they leave the saplings alone?  Is there any chance of the trees coming back after the borer's been through?

Any answer to this question?
young Ash are everywhere around here.
I cleared a 3 acre overgrown field  this fall, about 25% of it was Ash. All of them about 2-4 inch at the stump. Most of the bigger stuff in the woods is on its way out. But there is a ton of small stuff that right now is unaffected.

[beenthere]

 
Good question JohnM

That would be a good question for those in MI and OH where the EAB started about 13 years ago.

How are the young ash seedlings coming, or are there none??

[Autocar]

 Here in western Ohio they have killed big trees down to two inch trees , theres little saplings everywhere but a number of years ago the elm saplings were everywhere but have disappeared from the landscape. I fear the ash will be the same get so big and there attack them till there are know longer any seed producing trees and it will be just like the elm trees. I have one ash in my woods that still looking good but the rest [ hundreds are dead ]. I see there attacking another kind of tree south of I-70 they grow wild plus there big for yard plantings but can't remember the name anymore.

[Klunker]

Here in western Ohio they have killed big trees down to two inch trees , theres little saplings everywhere but a number of years ago the elm saplings were everywhere but have disappeared from the landscape. I fear the ash will be the same get so big and there attack them till there are know longer any seed producing trees and it will be just like the elm trees. I have one ash in my woods that still looking good but the rest [ hundreds are dead ]. I see there attacking another kind of tree south of I-70 they grow wild plus there big for yard plantings but can't remember the name anymore.

I have another small field that until this spring was cut for hay. I'm going to push it towards native grasses and forbs. This fall I transplanted about 150 plants of about 2 dozen different types and spread about a 5 gallon bucket of collected seed in that field. While planting I found no shortage of Elm seedlings . So many in fact that as I dug them out I transplanted the new stuff in the hole where I dugout the Elms. There is still lots of seedling Elms in the small area. I'm going to go on a Elm eradication battle next spring. There are no living mature Elms in my woods next to the field that I know of. A few old dead ones. I'll have to look carefully to see if I can find some. No Ash seedlings in this field yet, lots in the woods tho.

In the first field I mentioned there were a small amount of Elms mixed in also.

One wonders how long can a Elm or any tree seedling keep getting "mowed" and still keep coming back for more?
Or is it a case of relatively small young trees putting out seeds in big enough quantity that when they hit a fertile spot with lots of light they have a high germination rate. I wish the White Oaks, Beeches, and Black Cherries were so prolific.

Oh, and lots of Ash seedlings in the woods,

[beenthere]

Klunker
Ohio has about a 13 year headstart on the ash kill, compared to SE WI. Might should look at their experience to plan the management of your ash trees.

[CJennings]

The elms seem to often live long enough to produce seed before DED gets them here so the species remains and hopefully will evolve.

I saw some ash seedlings in the eastern UP in MI this summer but nothing like I see in Vermont where we have so far escaped the EAB's destruction. I'm thinking on my little woodlot in VT I will likely attempt to save a few seed producing ash trees chemically to have a seed source when it makes it to my property. Hopefully an effective control is found soon enough to keep ash around.

[square1]

Maybe it's been mentioned before in the thread but do the borers go after any size ash?  Or do they leave the saplings alone?  Is there any chance of the trees coming back after the borer's been through?

Any answer to this question?
young Ash are everywhere around here.
I cleared a 3 acre overgrown field  this fall, about 25% of it was Ash. All of them about 2-4 inch at the stump. Most of the bigger stuff in the woods is on its way out. But there is a ton of small stuff that right now is unaffected.

EAB has been found in ash trees less than 1" diameter.

I have been cutting dead ash from my property for six years.  Late summer / early fall I walk the woods marking any Ash without leaves for harvesting.  Several trees are coming back.  They are scarred, suckered, and the larvae galleries are visible under the bark through splits the but the canopies are rebounding on some trees.

[Glenn1]

Does someone know if they have made it into North Carolina or Virginia yet?

[jdonovan]

yes, definitely in Virginia.