Just finished up an EAB removal this evening, have three more at the guys neighbors to do this weekend. And the neighbor down the road wants me to look at an ash, and a sick elm at his place too.... It's a shame, ash are beautiful trees .....
Those of you that have EAB. Are you allowed to bring kill trees home for wood? If so does it need to be debarked like elm? Are the cities marking infected trees for removing like was done for DED. From first report how long does it take to see noticeable die off and is it a total kill or spotty? I just hope our -30ยบ winter months can stop its advance or at least restrict their march of death.
Makes we wonder just how the authorities feel about the typical drying time the ash would need? When infected ash firewood is discovered, it is supposed to be confiscated/burnt immediately (state parks regs). And here we (burners) are overjoyed that we "scored" on a load or two of ash only to bring it home and leave it in a stack for a couple years...?? If it is still infected, are we part of the cause of spreading or prolonging of the problem?
That can o worms is exactly what I wuz wundrun. It is about 350 miles away so I haven't had much experience with rules laws and policy yet but just don't want to be part of the problem.
Local tree service informed me that once EAB arrives here all infected trees that they remove must be taken directly to a designated site. They will no longer be able to dump at a local nursery for recycling (they have a large drum grinder)or to ME.
Now within 30 miles of Maine. We are anticipating a mild winter so that doesn't hold well for slowing things down. I remember when Dutch Elm disease move in. We also have Hemlock woolly adelgid making its way in with predictions of large die offs.
