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[bullockcm]

Elm, particularly the tops splits quite easy when cut down alive and split when frozen. Summer time however, well most of us know how miserable that goes...

 

[Gordon Gould]

I had two loads of Veneer go out so far...........

Those sound like some super nice logs. I am thinking they would have made some great pictures. We have no veneer grade for ash here in these parts - not that it matters, any ash I cut here tends to have way to big a heart for a veneer log. We have had the borer less than 20 miles from us for 2 years now so it is a matter of time. I cut pine that has blister rust, fir that has stump rot, beech that has beech bark disease, and now ash that will be killed by the borer. Pretty sad.

gg

 

[BrokenTrack]

Those sound like some super nice logs. I am thinking they would have made some great pictures. We have no veneer grade for ash here in these parts - not that it matters, any ash I cut here tends to have way to big a heart for a veneer log. We have had the borer less than 20 miles from us for 2 years now so it is a matter of time. I cut pine that has blister rust, fir that has stump rot, beech that has beech bark disease, and now ash that will be killed by the borer. Pretty sad.

gg

I will see if I can get some pictures for you.

I am not sure how many more loads I have to cut. I figured I had probably 2 loads when I started (on about 30 acres) but I have already cut that, and just got started.

I have cut this area before, but it was back in 1992 so it has been awhile. It is also a tough place to get to, down a pretty good ravine.

 

[Jstpssng]

They're starting to get a handle on EAB though. I subscribe to a newletter from the Maine Forest Service, and here is a clip from their Oct 6 release;

Every week since late June, three species of parasitoids for EAB have been released in Madawaska, Aroostook County. Parasitoids are produced by USDA APHIS rearing labs and provided to state, federal and tribal cooperators. Two attack EAB larvae, and one attacks EAB eggs. The last release of this year was in early September. Between 3,000 and 18,000 of each species were released at various locations in Madawaska.

The Maine Forest Service (MFS) is looking for additional potential release sites for 2020 in areas with EAB (currently known in several towns in York and Aroostook Counties, Emerald Ash Borer (EAB): Pest Survey (CAPS): Division of Animal and Plant Health : Maine Agriculture, Conservation, Forestry (DACF)). Ideal release sites are in or near an area where EAB has already been found and with forested areas of one acre or more having about 20 percent or more ash. Potential cooperators, such as land trusts and woodlot owners, that meet these criteria and are interested in hosting release and recovery efforts should contact Colleen Teerling at the Maine Forest Service (colleen.teerling@maine.gov or (207)287-2431.

Here is another snip from an earlier news letter;

It is possible to eliminate this pest and USDA has been successfully doing so in several areas. Most recently, the agency declared Stonelick and Batavia Townships in Ohio to be free of the Asian longhorned beetle. We also eradicated the beetle from Illinois, New Jersey, Boston, MA, and parts of New York. The New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens are in the final stages of eradication.

I'm not sure if those towns are borer free from human actions, or if there just are no trees left for the bugs to eat.

 

[fruitcakesa]

They're starting to get a handle on EAB though. I subscribe to a newletter from the Maine Forest Service, and here is a clip from their Oct 6 release;


Here is another snip from an earlier news letter;


I'm not sure if those towns are borer free from human actions, or if there just are no trees left for the bugs to eat.

That is hopeful news. While here in Southern Windsor county, no EAB infestations have been found I know it is just a matter of time.
Most of the remaining ashes on my land have been slowly dying from from what I have been calling "ash yellows" where the tree dies from the top down.
Once you start seeing dead sticks in the top of the crown it is game over. A real shame and loss.

 

[BrokenTrack]

I was never a big fan of ash anyway.

It makes lousy firewood, it does not weigh enough to make good hardwood pulp, and the lumber sticks to high heavens when it is cut.

The baseball guys do not even want it anymore as they found out that yellow birch is stronger, so they make bats out of that now.

I think the only ones that want ash are the Emerald Ash Borer's!

 

[Jstpssng]

I was never a big fan of ash anyway.

It makes lousy firewood, it does not weigh enough to make good hardwood pulp, and the lumber sticks to high heavens when it is cut.

The baseball guys do not even want it anymore as they found out that yellow birch is stronger, so they make bats out of that now.

I think the only ones that want ash are the Emerald Ash Borer's!

Most of it from up here goes to Garant's, just across the border in Canada where they make garden tool handles from it. Now with the EAB quarantine we have to sit on it all summer and truck in the fall.
I had never heard of ash veneer either, until you mentioned it.

 

[BrokenTrack]

Oh it is not the EAB under quarantine...that is the trade war at work. All of the international Log Market is non-existent at the moment. It has pushed the Domestic Market through the roof.

Our local log yard has been bought out (3) times in the last year, it is now Pleasant River Log Yard...

 

[Jstpssng]

Oh it is not the EAB under quarantine...that is the trade war at work. All of the international Log Market is non-existent at the moment. It has pushed the Domestic Market through the roof.

Our local log yard has been bought out (3) times in the last year, it is now Pleasant River Log Yard...

Two brothers run Pleasant River out of Dover-Foxcroft. They also own Moose River Lumber outside Jackman and are building a mill in Enfield designed to cut small fir (>12 inches butt diameter) into studs. I believe they also have another mill someplace. You are right, the trade wars fueled their expansion; yet the quarantine does keep us from sending ash to Canada for the summer months.

Was your yard originally run by Bessey's? They had several scattered around long before anybody else; then HC started a couple, and a few others have jumped on board.

 

[Jstpssng]

Here's another link which I found interesting; Waste processing plant in Orrington to help with European energy demands
Another example of something which is “green” in other places yet disdained by many in this country. While there is no such thing as a perpetual motion machine, as long as the population keeps growing exponentially there are going to be problems.