Moving Firewood
Moving firewood and other ash wood materials in areas infested with emerald ash borer is regulated by the infested states and federal government. The following information should help you determine whether or not is it acceptable to move firewood within or between states.
Risk Assessment of the Movement of Firewood within the United States
May 2010 - USDA APHIS
Exotic and native forest pests such as Agrilus planipennis (emerald ash borer), Anoplophora glabripennis (Asian longhorned beetle), and others cause serious damage to urban and natural forests in the United States. These pests and many others disperse various distances through multiple pathways including movement of nursery stock and firewood. Firewood is a raw forest product that is widely utilized and moved throughout the United States with relatively limited consideration of the potential pests within or the associated risks. We conducted an assessment and examined factors that may affect the risk associated with the movement of firewood such as users, movement, insects and diseases, potential impact to natural and urban forests, and trends in firewood use.
May 2010 - USDA APHIS
Exotic and native forest pests such as Agrilus planipennis (emerald ash borer), Anoplophora glabripennis (Asian longhorned beetle), and others cause serious damage to urban and natural forests in the United States. These pests and many others disperse various distances through multiple pathways including movement of nursery stock and firewood. Firewood is a raw forest product that is widely utilized and moved throughout the United States with relatively limited consideration of the potential pests within or the associated risks. We conducted an assessment and examined factors that may affect the risk associated with the movement of firewood such as users, movement, insects and diseases, potential impact to natural and urban forests, and trends in firewood use.
USDA-APHIS Has Changed Approach to Fight Emerald Ash Borer; Federal Domestic Quarantine Regulations Have Been Removed
State Quarantine Information
Alabama:
- Contact person:
- Jeff Head (State Plant Health Director) at (662) 323-1291.
Arkansas:
- Contact person:
- Arkansas State Plant Board at (501) 225-1598
Colorado:
- Interactive Quarantine Map | Firewood and Pest Recommendations - City and County of Denver
- Contact person:
- (888) 248-5535 or email CAPS.program@state.co.us
Connecticut:
- Contact person:
- (203) 974-8474 or email CAES.StateEntomologist@ct.gov
Georgia:
- Contact person:
- Contact your county Extension office or email to Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health at: bugwood@uga.edu.
Illinois:
The State of Illinois' Department of Agriculture (IDOA) no longer has regulations or restrictions in place for moving regulated ash materials.
This also means that there is no longer a quarantine within Illinois.
For more information about EAB, firewood regulations and compliance agreements, go to: this link
- Contact person:
- Scott Schirmer
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Scott.Schirmer@Illinois.gov or call (815) 787-5476
Indiana:
- Contact person:
- Phone: (866) NO-EXOTIC
Iowa:
- Contact group:
- Office of the State Entomologist Phone: (515) 725-1470
E-mail: entomology@IowaAgriculture.gov
Kansas:
- Contact person:
- Phone: (785) 564-6698 or email ppwc@kda.ks.gov
Kentucky:
- See information under the Wood Industry heading on the University of Kentucky Dept. of Forestry and Natural Resources page
- Quarantine Information
- Contact person:
- Office of the State Entomologist
Phone: (859) 257-5838
Louisiana:
- Contact person:
- Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry emergency hotline
Phone: (855) 452-5323
Maryland:
- Contact person:
- Maryland Department of Agriculture
Phone: (410) 841-5920
Massachusetts:
- Contact person:
- EAB Hotline: (866) 322-4512 or EAB Reporting Form
Minnesota:
- Contact person:
- Arrest-the-Pest Hotline: (888) 545-6684
Missouri:
- Contact person:
- Collin Wamsley, State Entomologist
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Phone: (573) 751-5505
Nebraska:
- Contact person:
- If you suspect you may have EAB in your ash trees, email jmorris12@unl.edu or call (402) 471-2351 or the national EAB hotline at (866) 322-4512.
New Hampshire:
- Contact person:
- EAB Hotline: (800) 444-8978 or EAB Reporting Form
New Jersey:
- Contact person:
- New Jersey Department of Agriculture at 609-406-6939
New York:
- Contact person:
- Lands and Forests - Forest Health
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233
E-mail: lflands@gw.dec.state.ny.us
Phone: (518) 402-9425
Ohio:
- Contact person:
- EAB Hotline: (888)OHIO-EAB
Plant Pest Control Section: (614) 728-6400
Plant Industry Division: (614) 728-6270
Ohio Department of Agriculture: (614) 728-6200
Oklahoma:
- Contact person: Local EAB hotline at (405) 522-6158.
Oklahoma Forestry Services - EAB Website
Pennsylvania:
- Contact person:
- Dana Rhodes
Email: danrhodes@pa.gov
Phone: (717) 772-5205
Rhode Island:
- Contact person:
- Please contact either Liz Duguay , DEM/Agriculture at (401) 222-2718 x4510, or Paul Ricard, DEM/ Forest Environment at (401) 568- 2248 x17.
South Dakota:
Tennessee:
- Contact person:
- First, refer to the EAB Symptoms Checklist and then call the Tennessee Dept. of Agriculture's Consumer and Industry Services Division at 800-628-2631.
Virginia:
- Contact person:
- Office of Plant Industry Services
Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 786-3515
Debra.martin@vdacs.virginia.gov
Washington DC:
- Contact person:
- Matthew Travis
APHIS State Plant Health Director
Phone: (410) 631-0073
West Virginia:
- Contact person:
- Michael Arnold
WV Department of Agriculture
Phone: (304) 558-2212
Wisconsin:
- Contact person:
- Phone: (800) 462-2803
E-mail: eab@datcp.state.wi.us
Canada Quarantine Information
- Contact person:
- Phone: (866) 463-6017
The transportation of invasive insects & diseases through firewood is destroying trees in urban, suburban & forest areas. See what you can do.
