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Public Forums => Hot Topics => Topic started by: Wrightwood on Mar 09, 11, 06:40:53 PM
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More details here:
http://cisr.ucr.edu/goldspotted_oak_borer.html
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Thanks for the heads up and the picture, will keep my eyes out in my yard!
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Please, do not move firewood!
How does one aquire firewood without moving it?
and
How does someone sell firewood without moving it?
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Here's what the Task Force says:
In a recent poll conducted by The Nature Conservancy, one in twenty Americans said they moved firewood long distances (more than 50 miles).
To help prevent the spread of these pests, buy locally cut firewood, preferably within the same county or region where it will be burned.
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You'd be surprised how these things spread. One day we noticed weird beetle inside our house. After getting a picture I tried to catch it and it hissed at me lol! I lost track of it and never found it. Even sent the picture to I think it was vector control or something to have them figure out what it was (a long horned beetle - nothing significant, IIRC, but not native to this area). It took a while to figure out where it came from. We took a trip to Az. to see the grand Canyon and stopped outside Sedona and bought a wood carving of a bear on the roadside. I later noticed a hole in the bear where there was no hole before. We unknowingly transported the beetle back from Az. inside the wood carving, and it bored it's way out after we got it home.
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Guess its a good thing I don't have any oak trees nor do my neighbors...I don't have any idea where the wood in my pile came from and didn't think to ask at the time.
A while back my parents bought some burl wood furniture. Months later I noticed a noise coming from the table...turned out to be beetles chewing their way out. Ick!
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This would be so sad; I love my oak tree, even if we we have to spend 20 hours just raking leaves every fall!
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http://firewood.ca.gov/
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I remember reading about this last year. I guess that ends buying a 52ft semi full of Oak up in the San Joaquin Valley and selling it down here for a profit.
The only way to stop the spread is to make it illegal to transport firewood and that wouldn't stop the natural spread of the GSOB.
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Since it doesn't appear to be illegal, education is the key.
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Education is the key to nearly every invironmental issue at hand. Easily said, but a challange to accomplish.
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While the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer has entered the ANF according to Dr Eskalen, no conifers have been found with the beetle yet.
Size comparison:
(http://www.wrightwoodfsc.com/pests/MD_Polyphagous.size.JPG)
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Additional info:
http://ucanr.org/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=8170
http://huntingtonblogs.org/2012/09/on-the-trail-of-deadly-pest/
http://zev.lacounty.gov/news/beetle-mania-hits-socal-trees
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Huntington Botanical Gardens Warns of Super-Pest: Is Anybody Listening?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephanie-woodard/huntington-botanical-gardens-superpest_b_1914503.html
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(http://www.wrightwoodfsc.com/pests/MD_100yr.old..JPG)
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This is very scarey.
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Transporting firewood outside the area, where it is cut, helps spread this beetle.
Use only locally cut and split firewood. DO NOT bring firewood to Wrightwood from other areas.
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You know .. you could think about placing this warning in the 'firewood' section as well. cheryl o7o
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The pest has now moved into San Diego area:
(http://www.wrightwoodfsc.com/pests/ShotHoleBorer1.JPG)
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A Caution on Free Mulch
http://ucanr.edu/blogs/Topics/index.cfm?tagname=PSHB (http://ucanr.edu/blogs/Topics/index.cfm?tagname=PSHB)
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Please make sure to buy and burn only local Firewood.
Firewood that is transported into the Tri-community can introduce the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer and the GSOB into this community.
That's firewood that has been grown and cut in this locale only.
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I purchased my firewood locally this year to help prevent the spread of exotic pests that damage and kill our native trees. The wood that I got was pine wood and it was harvested over six months ago and tented with plastic. The solarization treatment killed all of the pests and the wood is safe to move. The wood splits easy and is seasoned for the winter.
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This is important stuff if we want to keep our forest and our trees healthy.
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Board of Forestry News Release: GSOB ZOI Expanded (January 27, 2016) (http://www.wrightwoodfsc.com/documents/GSOB.2016.BoardForestryNews.doc)
ANF GSOB Scoping Letter Interested Party 2016.10.14 (http://a123.g.akamai.net/7/123/11558/abc123/forestservic.download.akamai.com/11558/www/nepa/105357_FSPLT3_3902255.pdf)
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Published on May 11, 2016
Tens of thousands of San Diego county trees are being wiped out by invasive beetles.
All that dead wood could turn into kindling as we move into fire season.
KPBS science reporter David Wagner went to Descanso to bring us this story.
http://www.youtube.com/v/RjrjUMI4jsk&showsearch=0&rel=0&fs=1&autoplay=0&ap=%2526fmt%3D18" name="movie"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjrjUMI4jsk
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Please don't bring oak firewood into Wrightwood!
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CAL FIRE BDU Verified account
@CALFIREBDU
29 minutes ago
Invasive Pest Found In San Bernardino County.
CAL FIRE and @SanBernardinoNF ask for the public's help to stop the pest's spread.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtL8BO8V4AE_Anl.jpg)
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Why burn only local firewood?
http://firewood.ca.gov/faq.html
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Tree killing pest GSOB found in Wrightwood
https://www.wrightwoodfsc.com/GSOB/GSOB.PressReleaseWrightwood.pdf
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https://wrightwoodfsc.com/GSOB/1.6.23.Prevent.Spread.GSOB.pdf
(https://wrightwoodfsc.com/GSOB/MD_1.6.23.Prevent.Spread.GSOB_Page_1.JPG)
(https://wrightwoodfsc.com/GSOB/MD_1.6.23.Prevent.Spread.GSOB_Page_2.JPG)
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From Facebook
The Real Wrightwood Page
Jim Emery
Are your oak trees healthy? Or are they infested with an invasive insect?
Important information on the GSOB Infestation that has been found in Wrightwood. "GSOB" is an acronym for the Gold Spotted Oak Borer, an invasive insect that can easily kill your oak trees.
Over the last few years, there have been multiple locations in the community of Wrightwood that have been identified with multiple trees killed. It also appears that the infestation could be spreading through the community and potentially in to the forest.
Often you would have no idea that the insect is present or killing your trees unless you had the information to inspect your trees and look for the signs that indicate an infestation or potential infestation. By the time your trees show signs of poor health or mortality it most often too late to do anything but have them removed.
Removal of the trees can be costly and properly dealing with the disposal of the related wood, slash and debris is crucial to help slow the spread.
More information can be found on the Wrightwood Fire Safe Council website. https://www.wrightwoodfsc.com/
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https://ucanr.edu/sites/gsobinfo/About_GSOB/Firewood/
Do Not Move Oak Firewood Out of Local Areas
Goldspotted oak borer (GSOB) larvae remain in cut oak logs and firewood from GSOB-killed trees or green infested trees and are a continual threat of further infestation. Wood from GSOB infested trees should not be removed from local infested areas. We emphasize that transporting infested firewood is likely the most significant pathway for introducing GSOB into non-infested areas.
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(https://www.wrightwoodfsc.com/GSOB/LG_IERCD.GSOB.Flyer.jpg)
PDF: https://www.wrightwoodfsc.com/GSOB/IERCD.GSOB.Flyer.pdf