Current Emerald Ash Borer Information.

[Nick_William]

There was conformation of the Emerald Ash Borer in Lindsay, Ontario which is 2 hours North of Toronto. I have about 15 acres of nice sized white ash trees so I'll be keeping close eye on them. Might be doing a lot of ash lumber in the next few years...

[chain]

I guess you have to be a positive thinker, but an article from a long time forester in Kentucky was showing his heavily EAB damaged and dead Ash trees. One big benefit to losing the Ash was that the absence of the trees allowed more sunlight to grow his oak, hickory, and maples; part of natural succession, he says.

I've watched a couple of stands of Ash the past couple years. One of the stands nearing 4-6"poles, the other stand with large saw timber to poles, so far, all appear negative EAB.

[Okrafarmer]

I was at my parents' place in Clarendon County, KY, this past weekend, and my dad and I walked his few acres of hardwoods. He had not realized he actually has several ash trees on his property. They look very healthy. Two in particular are approximately 12" diameter. No signs of infestation. They are about two miles west of Kentucky Lake.

[Ron Scott]

New study pinpoints epicenter for emerald ash borer

Northeastern Area State & Private Forestry Entomologist Nate Siegert published a study that used tree rings to reconstruct the epicenter and early spread of emerald ash borer in Michigan. The results showed the emerald ash borer was likely established in Michigan by the early to mid-1990s.

The Chief's Newsletter

[hacknchop]

Im about an hour east of Soo Mi on the Canadian side havent seen any definite signs of EAB infestation here but it has been confirmed in and around the bug lab in Soo Ontario.Thanks for the education on this as we have 160 acres ourselves and I look after another 400 for others.Now I know what to look for.

[Okrafarmer]

No word of it here yet. . . but ash is a minor timber species here. There are several sizable ash trees within sight of my sawmill.

[Phorester]

We found it in Frederick County, one of my counties, in extreme northwestern VA in 2011 or 12.  Estimated 6,000 - 8,000 acres infested with EAB, killed every ash within that area.  It has since spread to all parts of Frederick County west of Winchester, VA.  I found it last week on top of the Blue Ridge mountains in Clarke County about 20 miles East of Winchester in a 4" dbh ash. Documented on the Skyline Drive about 20 miles South of Winchester. Original Virginia infestation found in Fairfax county near Washington DC several years ago.  They cut down about 300 ash in that area of the county in woodlands, urban streets, front and back yards trying to eliminate it.  Didn't work, still killing ash around that area.

[Okrafarmer]

Is there a current map showing the affected areas?

[Barney II]

I have not heard anything with regards to any problems in Wisconsin.  I did find an Emerald Borer on the property where I am caretaker, killed it.  We do have 4 ash trees on the property and in looking at them I cannot see anything wrong----but what am I looking for as for as outward signs ?  There was no mistaking the borer that I stepped on.    Don

[Dave Shepard]

So, what happens after the ash borer moves on? Can ash be reestablished, or will there always be just enough trees alive to support the bug?

[estiers]

Here is the most recent map.

[Corley5]

It's as far west as Colorado :(

[Magicman]

And as far South as Tennessee & Georgia. 

Since the Mississippi River is a "transportation highway", I wonder if it will have any effect on the chances of spreading?

[beenthere]

Those people targeted for spreading the EAB, sure carried their firewood a long ways...   :

[mesquite buckeye]

Only takes one fertilized female on one plane to get it started.... :(

Doesn't have to be firewood. Most likely initial infestation started this way.

[estiers]

Confirmed in Arkansas. http://www.emeraldashborer.info/#sthash.p1dco68q.dpbs

[Ron Scott]

"Femme Fatale" Emerald Ash Borer Decoy Lures and Kills Males

PSU.edu (September 15) - An international team of researchers has designed decoys that mimic female emerald ash borer beetles and successfully entice male emerald ash borers to land on them in an attempt to mate, only to be electrocuted and killed by high-voltage current.

The E-Forester

[Okrafarmer]

Ooh-- that sounds like progress! Let's hope it works!
8) 8) 8)

[coxy]

just a thought but wonder if all the land owners (with 5a and more) and loggers would help foot the bills for this kind of thing I would be willing to put  money up for it if it works

[Oldmil]

A single EAB was trapped in the city of Rhinelander, WI two weeks ago.  The County will be under quarantine within 6 weeks.

Oldmil

[Ron Scott]

Scientists Seek Survivor Ash Trees

Toledo Blade.com (October 20) - Federal scientists believe there are a few extra hardy ash trees out in nature that have-for reasons unknown-defied the odds and held up against the highly destructive emerald ash borer.

Now, they want the public's help in finding those "survivor" trees-and are starting their research in seven northwest Ohio counties and 10 southeast Michigan counties.

Ash trees used for landscaping in subdivisions or office complexes, for example, may have been treated with insecticides. Those aren't the trees scientists are seeking. Rather, they're looking for those rarities out in the wild, such as any surviving ash trees that hikers and birders might pass along trails in the woods.

The E-Forester

[wdmn]

Is EAB also EWFB?

Two recent articles discussing the apparent spread of EAB to White fringetree:

http://entomologytoday.org/2014/10/10/emerald-ash-borer-may-have-spread-to-different-tree/

http://my.chicagobotanic.org/news/emerald-ash-borer-sad-but-true-part-3/

[Okrafarmer]

So how does this quarantine work? Is it only for cut-to-length firewood? It seems funny if they allow full-length logs to be transported, but not firewood. What I want to know is, in what forms is legal to transport hardwood through the quarantined areas? Log length? All firewood? Only Ash? Only hardwood that is firewood length? Split? If you kiln-dry the firewood, are you able to transport it? Is there any sort of certification, etc, required?

I ask because someone I know locally is interested in selling some firewood wholesale out of the area. I'm helping him figure out logistics and legalities.

[beenthere]

Okra
Are you in or near a quarantined area?

Have you checked with the state?

[Okrafarmer]

My state has no quarantine or known EAB but we are looking at shipping wood into a quarantined area.