Wood Quarantines Restrict Firewood Transport

Filed under: Uncategorized — eric @ 3:51 pm
Jan 7, 2012

Did you know that it is illegal to transport firewood county to county in Pennsylvania, or out of state? This is due to 2 separate quarantines of firewood, because of some extremely problematic insects.
The first is Emerald Ash Borer. It is causing the death of all ash trees, and has been moving east from Michigan for the last several years. It will severely impact large tracts of forest, and eventually impact the baseball industry. Baseball bats are made of ash.

Where is EAB a problem?   http://www.emeraldashborer.info/surveyinfo.cfm

The second outbreak is caused by the Walnut Twig beetle, which is actually a carrier of a fungus that kills black walnut trees. Bucks County is at the center of a quarantine zone, as this disease has not been found elsewhere in the state at this time. The regional epicenter is in Pipersville, where dead black walnuts have been found, and verified as infested. All the wood has been destroyed (burned), but to ensure area walnut trees’ survival, the quarantine was imposed. Click this link for more extensive info. http://www.thousandcankerdisease.com/

Please DO NOT transport any firewood to other parts of PA. Buy it locally if you must use it. Help protect our natural resources.

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