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if you're at swat...

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if you're at swat...

darrin hill

i've got my truck loaded with ash, mesquite, elm, caultalpa, pecan and other assorted woods... free to whoever claims it first...

unless you got something equally useless sitting around, for trade, like a nice burl or something.. :)

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Transporting ash?

Dick Coers

Is that a good idea? Maybe it's kiln dried.

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Re: Transporting ash?

rch

Even within Kentucky, you are not supposed to move ash with bark from one county to another due to emerald ash borer.

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Jim Barbour

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Jim Barbour

While I expect we all agree moving ash from an infested area to a non, or lightly invested area is clearly a bad idea to be avoided, as well as illegal, if you are transporting ash into an infested area the risk of spreading borers is trivial.

I suggest reading the NFS article and the supporting research below. In short, they have found double bagging in contractor grade bags tightly sealed and left for several weeks will kill the borers. The research is to provide suggestions for how to store and dispose of confiscated firewood, but it seems it would apply here as well.

Of course the best response is to only use locally sourced ash.

NFS article: http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/invasive_species/eab/control_management/regulatory_treatment_firewood/

Supporting research: http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/2008/nrs_2008_poland_002.pdf


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Brad Vietje

BAD, BAD, BAD Idea Darrin !