Menards firewood may be infested==>>Please read!!!

[Realtree]

If you have purchased any firewood from Menards===>>>BURN IT IMMEDIATELY !

In reading several articles I have found on this Emerald Ash Borer issue, they believe it has been brought over from Asia in firewood that is imported to be sold at area Menards stores across the upper midwest.

Here are some articles from MN, Iowa and Wisconsin that I have found regarding Menards firewood and this bug.

http://www.mepartnership.org/mep_whatsnew.asp?new_id=2284

http://www.agriculture.state.ia.us/press/press2807.htm

http://www.wrn.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=2E93E039-C5C1-3C09-A8EC2BCACD0A13E7

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/hamilton/news/Emerald+Ash+Borer+Alert.htm

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=601291
 

[Realtree]

There are no known insecticide treatments to stop this newest threat to our native trees. Our best hope so far is to slow its spread. If you or anyone you know has purchased bundled firewood from any Menards or convenience store in recent weeks, please burn it now.

If you have bundled Taylor Hardwoods Firewood for sale or come across an outlet that does, please see that it is not sold and notify conservation authorities. Do not wait to destroy this product because any beetle larvae it may contain will continue to grow until they emerge as adults looking for new trees to infest in June.

[rchaze60]

What to know about EAB:

It attacks only ash trees (Fraxinus spp.).
Adult Beetles are metallic green and about 1/2-inch long.
Adults leave a D-shaped exit hole in the bark when they emerge in spring.
Woodpeckers like EAB larvae; heavy woodpecker damage on ash trees may be a sign of infestation.
Firewood cannot be moved in many areas of Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana because of the EAB quarantine (Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Maryland and USDA)
It probably came from Asia in wood packing material

[rchaze60]

SAFARI INSECTICIDE GRANTED SLN LABEL
FOR EMERALD ASH BORER IN OHIO

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   From Lawn and Landscape Magazine
5/3/2007

Safari Insecticide from Valent Professional Products was granted a special local needs (SLN) label to control emerald ash borer (EAB) in Ohio?an insect currently causing significant damage and even death to millions of the state's ash trees.

Safari is a unique EAB control tool for arborists and lawn care operators because it can be applied through bark application and is quickly translocated throughout the ash tree. Research has shown that bark-applied treatments are easier, less expensive and generally less harmful to the tree and environment than other types of applications.

"Safari is the only non-invasive, systemic material that will control a generation of EAB the same season it is applied," says Jason Fausey, Ph.D., Valent field market development specialist. "The other insecticides available for EAB will typically only control next year's generation, so Safari is the fastest-acting solution for this serious problem."

Data from university trial work with Safari on ash trees shows high concentration of the product throughout the foliage in as little as 21 days after application, meaning Safari quickly controls EAB throughout the tree.

In addition to its super-systemic activity, Safari also delivers complete, season-long control of the devastating EAB.

"With the SLN label, this year Ohio arborists and lawn care operators can make applications of Safari as late as May and get rapid, comprehensive EAB control for the year," Fausey says. "As those who have fought to control EAB in Ohio know, a product like Safari is greatly needed to help stop the desolation of the state's population of ash trees."

The Ohio State University estimates that more than 25 million of the state's ash trees have already died from EAB infestations and The Ohio Department of Agriculture estimates that the state's 3.8 billion ash trees in the state's forests and neighborhoods are threatened by the pest.

Fausey notes that the SLN label for Safari is the result of the in-depth research and hard work of several dedicated Ohio researchers determined to find an effective solution to the EAB problem
 

[holdemtwice]

  we dealt with this problem all over the chicago land erea !!  it is bad , real bad. i lost several ash trees due to this bug. i hope it does not get a foot hold  here in MINNESOTA , it could be very bad . the town i lived in (chicago) made it against the law to plant any ash trees to try and controll this bug (bettle)  .   aleck  aka  holdemtwice

[Realtree]

Thanks for the great info Rchaze. 

We just planted a couple of Purple Ash in our backyard last year after the storms went through here and took out a bunch of trees in our neighborhood.

[rchaze60]

yeah if you can get some of this SAFARI INSECTICIDE  and spary your trees it might help bro so you dont lose them