evo
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- My Island, WA
For those who don't know, Oregon Ash a endemic species in the PNW is now under threat.
Nooooo! EAB found in Oregon!
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ATH
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- Findlay, Ohio
It was inevitable... unfortunately. Not one that can be contained. Only takes 1 idiot with a piece of firewood.
southsoundtree
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- Location
- Olympia, WA
Bad news.
Stumpsprouts
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- Location
- Asheville
What was the closest vicinity it was in previously?
RyanCafferky
Been here a while
- Location
- Hood River, Oregon
I think Boulder, Colorado.
Reach
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- Location
- Atglen, PA
I am sorry to hear that! Start treating every Ash tree you can, and just start cutting the rest down and selling the logs while they are still worth something. They’re not worth much around here these days, there are just too many of them.
ATH
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- Findlay, Ohio
Also worth noting that once killed by EAB, the logs don't make good lumber - it splits and cracks when sawn/dried.
flushcut
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- Delavan, WI
They do burn clean.
Virtually all ash are gone here in my county, very few still that are still alive. It was pretty much a full on assault here. Probably within three years of first sign they were dead or dying.
Virtually all ash are gone here in my county, very few still that are still alive. It was pretty much a full on assault here. Probably within three years of first sign they were dead or dying.
southsoundtree
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- Olympia, WA
Lacey, Wa, next door, has Tons of ash street trees .
Ash are a wetland species here, too. Infrequently in striking distance of houses.
" poor man's oak lumber".
Ash are a wetland species here, too. Infrequently in striking distance of houses.
" poor man's oak lumber".
Stumpsprouts
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- Asheville
Makes great flooring and trim.
Some chance at stomping it out? It would have to be a very aggressive push. Harvest or treat everything in a large radius, sell the lumber to pay for it?
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evo
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- My Island, WA
I doubt it, as multiple bugs were found and others are chiming in from neighboring counties.. Could just be knee jerk, any shinny green bug...
flushcut
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- Delavan, WI
I have personally seen only two adult EAB bugs out of roughly two thousand ash removals. And I don’t know very many tree peeps in the area who have seen more one or two bugs. In my experience they are elusive little critters.
ATH
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- Location
- Findlay, Ohio
It's been tried in Canada when EAB first showed up. It was found several miles "outside" before they even finished clearing the first patch.
I know this is a "new" pocket OR - hopefully isolated. But what we saw here was if you followed the map of positive finds, you could reliability draw a line 50 miles beyond that and it was there. It hadn't been found in traps yet or the damage seen in trees...but when the trees started coming down and people counted rings to see when EAB started feeding it was "these have been here for at least 2 years".
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evo
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- My Island, WA
My main question at this point is if there is a fungal associate. It’s well known EAB affected trees are much more brittle, it’s hard to believe there isn’t another agent at play. Unless ash has some other physiological trait which makes them this way?
Anyone know? @KTSmith
Anyone know? @KTSmith
The Green One
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- Location
- Frenchtown
Shame you have these nasty critters. Bad News indeed.
Here is a link with some info that may be of some interest https://www.psu.edu/news/research/s...urvive-emerald-ash-borer-beetles-just-barely/
It has been 10 years here now in NJ, and the last 3-4 years it seems like every time I am cycling, newly pieces of dead Ash are down on a roadway..... I tell my cycling and Motorcycling friends to "Look Up" on the backroads. Some areas here Ash is/was like 10% of our Hardwood trees.
Tree guys here are STILL behind on takedowns, and you cannot climb them....too brittle....Can't drop them....No hidge wood, Barber Chair of death.
I HOPE there IS a Fungal component in the PNW that can suppress the EAB.
In the meantime, emamectin benzoate trunk injections, and early takedowns in High-Risk Target areas while you can still climb them.
Here is a link with some info that may be of some interest https://www.psu.edu/news/research/s...urvive-emerald-ash-borer-beetles-just-barely/
It has been 10 years here now in NJ, and the last 3-4 years it seems like every time I am cycling, newly pieces of dead Ash are down on a roadway..... I tell my cycling and Motorcycling friends to "Look Up" on the backroads. Some areas here Ash is/was like 10% of our Hardwood trees.
Tree guys here are STILL behind on takedowns, and you cannot climb them....too brittle....Can't drop them....No hidge wood, Barber Chair of death.
I HOPE there IS a Fungal component in the PNW that can suppress the EAB.
In the meantime, emamectin benzoate trunk injections, and early takedowns in High-Risk Target areas while you can still climb them.
- Location
- Buffalo
We do firewood. And bundles. We use Ash or try to for bundles. Been getting wood from a guy locally with a 14 acre plot. He’s currently at 750 ash trees down and they’re only halfway done. He labels every fifty trees with a marker. We’re in western New York.
southsoundtree
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- Location
- Olympia, WA
As a native species, we will not be able to get them out of forested areas to preemptively remove hosts.
Wetlands will suffer.
Wetlands will suffer.
