EAB Information for the Wood Products Industry
Please note: If you work with ash trees. Stop and learn more before you act. The potential threat of EAB is real; however, acting without understanding the specific threat to your industry, regulations and quarantines, and your options, could cause the unnecessary loss of substantial income or the spread of a dangerous and deadly insect.
- How to Identify EAB, including symptoms in logs and standing trees
- Frequently Asked Questions about emerald ash borer
- Quarantines and Regulations - relating to EAB
- July 2009 letter sent to wood products industry - advising to contact either DAM or APHIS plant protection agent in order to continue handling regulated articles from the EAB quarantine district.
- USDA, APHIS, PPQ Plant Health Safeguarding Specialists New York State Regional Map (PDF, 795 KB)
- New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Horticulture Inspector Regional Map (PDF, 641 KB)
- Debarking to treat logs affected by EAB
- Markets for Ash Timber Products
- Primary Wood Processor Directory - sorted by county - See "Mills with Wood-Fired Boilers" section in appendix
- Secondary Wood Processor Directory - sorted by county
- Low-Grade/Underutilized Timber and Mill Residue Products Markets
- Wood Products Industry Technical Assistance
- New York State DEC Forest Utilization Program
Sloane Crawford, 518-402-9425
- New York State DEC Forest Utilization Program
- For information about portable sawmill operators and manufacturers, please contact the DEC Forest Utilization staff person, above.
The following link leads OFF the DEC website. By clicking on it, you will leave the DEC website.
lumber products produced by a portable sawmill
operation located at an ash disposal site in southeast Michigan
ash products produced by a local moulding and millwork
company from ash recovered from a local disposal site in
southeast Michigan
ash product produced by a local tool company from ash
recovered from a local disposal site in southeast Michigan
