Emerald Ash Beetle question

[cherrylane]

I have 25 acres of forest, a mix of various oaks and ash. My question is, if an ash tree is infested by emerald ash beetles, but still alive, does it still have any value as timber.
Thanks in advance. Chuck

[Autocar]

Yes it dose  ;)

[beenthere]

Welcome to the Forestry Forum

Agree with Autocar, that is still does have value.

Where abouts you located, in general? Nice to have you fill out your bio a bit and will be great if you pull up a stump and we can hear more about harvesting some ash trees.

[Skidder Kev]

I agree with autocar as well but I would check out your local regs where u can move it too .

[thecfarm]

cherrylane,welcome to the forum. A call to the your state local foresty dept will tell you where it can be moved too. If cutting it yourself you will have to contact them to get an intent to log form. Or I have to in Maine.

[justallan1]

 Cherrylane, I can't help much with your question, but welcome to the Forestry Forum.

Allan

[cherrylane]

I would like to thank everyone for the response to my question. The beetles were seen in the counties west of here last summer and have now made their way to Broome county, (in the southern tier of New York), this summer. The experts at Cornell are predicting that all our ash trees will be gone in 10 years.   

[thecfarm]

we have a few posts on it,put in emerald ash borer into the search here and should bring up a few threads.

[HiTech]

From what I have heard of the EAB it works just under the bark and is near the top of the tree. It leaves a z pattern in the wood. I also guess it leaves a D shaped hole in the wood but not sure if that is also on the top portion of the tree. This shouldn't hurt the value of the log. The regs are pretty stiff on how far you can transport the ash.