[SCA-AE] Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine (with links)

[Erin Kelly]

Aha, it looks like the quarantine has changed since a few years ago when I first heard of it.  There was a restriction on bringing wood in to Butler County (Cooper's Lake is in Butler Co., not Lawrence), but now that we have the buggies it's a restriction against taking raw wood out.  Thanks, Lady AElfgifu.

Looks like the link didn't come through last time: 
http://www.agriculture.state.pa.us/agriculture/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=144707

Also, this page shows a map of the infested counties in PA: 
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/fpm_invasives_EAB.aspx

In any case, buying firewood locally is your best bet.  

The only information I see on Coopers' web page is that you can't gather firewood on site.  Though more rules might exist for our large events.

Sorry for opening a can of worms - er, grubs.  (Actually, the beetles are very pretty....)

ERIN


--- On Wed, 5/6/09, Gretchen Falkenburg <l_elfgiva at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Gretchen Falkenburg <l_elfgiva at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [SCA-AE] Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine
> To: discussion at aethelmearc.org
> Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 7:22 AM
> Here is a link to the actual quarantine.  What this means
> in English (since I used to work for Agriculture until last
> December) is that you can bring firewood from anywhere into
> an infected area, which Lawrence County is.  HOWEVER, you
> must either burn it all or leave there what you don't
> use.  
> 
> 
> Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine
> 
> Pennsylvania's Emerald Ash Borer quarantine restricts
> the movement from the quarantined area of ash nursery stock,
> green lumber and any other ash material, including logs,
> stumps, roots and branches. Due to the difficulty in
> distinguishing between species, all hardwood chips, bark and
> firewood are considered quarantined. Regulated articles can
> only be moved from the quarantined counties if officially
> certified as having met specific conditions aimed at
> mitigating possible spread of the beetle.
> 
> Emerald Ash Borer quarantine order (PDF) (Updated March 1,
> 2009)
> 
>  In Loving Service to Sylvan AEthelmearc
> Lady AElfgifu