Since part of Iowa is under a quarantine for moving ash I had a question. The areas I cut aren't in the quaratined areas but I still want to be cautious. Would moving fallen dead ash be a potential problem. Both trees have been down through the summer. I thought even if they had eab wouldn't the varmit move on to live trees once the tree is dead?
I think so.Noticed on the news last week there's something like 10 or more (forgot the number) counties in eastern Iowa where EAB has been discovered now & the quarantine is in effect.As late as last Spring the number stood at 4,the same number since 2010.
Is the root ball still attached? I have seen the eab in downed ash that still had its rootball. It was down for only 3 months though.
I've read that while they don't hurt the quality of the lumber, they can be in the exterior parts of the log for a long time. The quarantine here doesn't really makes sense to me as you can transport within it but not out of it. But, with the quarantine across the state now, you could effectively truck the little buggers in log form from almost Ohio to New England? Seems like the bigger they make the quarantine area the more they speed the spread.
I just read a study that said that a small number of EAB's were still emerging from split wood in it's 2nd year seasoning.
Quarantine or no quarantine, nothing is going to stop the EAB. At least not in Ohio or Michigan, areas with which I'm familiar.
That's interesting considering the adults would have to have laid eggs on split firewood. That would be strange behavior indeed. And 100% agreed that no quarantine is ever going to stop or even slow the spread of these bugs. Nature will have to run its course with this one.
