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Emerald Ash Borer Updates
4/2/08
Crawford County is Now Under Quarantine for the Movement of Firewood and All Ash Tree Wood
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) expanded the states Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) quarantine area to include Crawford County. The State quarantine, which is designed to slow the spread of the ash-tree killing insect, prohibits the movement of ash trees, parts of an ash tree, and all hardwood firewood out of infested areas.
Department officials quarantine counties to slow its spread via ash trees and firewood. It is illegal to take ash trees, parts of ash trees, and all hardwood firewood out of a quarantined county into a non-quarantined county without a compliance agreement from ODA. Violators face fines up to $4,000. It is also illegal to take these items out of the state of Ohio, per federal quarantine.
Firewood dealers, businesses or woodlot owners interested in marketing and transporting ash trees or firewood out of quarantined areas can do so only with a department-approved compliance agreement. These agreements stipulate handling practices that mitigate the spread of EAB.
Ash trees infested with EAB larvae typically die within five years. The pest belongs to a group of metallic wood-boring beetles. Adults are dark green, one-half inch in length and one-eighth wide, and are found only from early May until September. Larvae of EAB can be found beneath the bark of ash trees, where they essentially girdle the tree by their feeding. Larvae after feeding go through a pupa phase and emerge as the aforementioned green adult beetles. Ash trees with EAB will exhibit small D-shaped holes in the bark about on-eighth inch wide.
For more information on EAB, go to the link(s) listed below.
Links for Information and Updates on Emerald Ash Borer:
