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Dick,
Here's an alternate answer to you question EAB. If you don't live in Michigan, Ohio, or Ontario I doubt that you have heard of it. EAB is short for an insect called the Emerald Ash Borer. It traveled to the Detroit area acouple of years ago in potted plants comming from Asia. In just a few years it has killed millions of trees. It has a 100% kill rate for several types of trees. I should know, I have lost about 20 trees (30-40yrs old) from my back yard. The only thing left is about 4 oaks and 6 small sugar maples. It is now a violation of Federal Law to remove trees from this area. I'll attach a quote from the State of Michigan Website:
In the summer of 2002, scientists detected a new exotic insect in six southeast Michigan counties -- Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne. This pest, known as the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB for short), is an invasive species originally from Asia and previously unknown in North America that affects ash trees. To date, it has killed or damaged millions of ash trees in these affected areas. It has also been detected in Windsor, Ontario of Canada, and in small, isolated pockets in Berrien, Calhoun, Eaton, Genesee, Ingham, Jackson, Kent, Lenawee, Saginaw, Shiawassee and St. Clair counties.
Anyone who realizes they have inadvertently moved firewood out of this area, is advised to burn it completely properly and report it via the state’s toll-free Emerald Ash Borer hotline (866/325-0023)! Additionally, if you don’t know what type of firewood it is, please don’t move it. It is vitally important that all Southeast Michigan cooperate and adhere to this quarantine to help limit the spread of this new ash tree pest.
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