It is illegal to move Ash trees over state lines due to quarantines put in place by the federal government. Many states also have quarantines to keep Ash trees from moving around the state.
This is all due to a beetle called the Emerald Ash Borer which has killed off millions of Ash trees since it was identified in the early 2000s. Please don't move untreated wood. Some links with great information. www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/eab/ www.emeraldashborer.info/moving-firewood.php ento.psu.edu/extension/trees-shrubs/emerald-ash-borer www.dontmovefirewood.org/gallery-of-pests/emerald-ash-borer.html ------------------------------ 410-206-9009 or 274,207,281-1 or 443-406-6146 On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Jorge A. Santiago-Blay < blayjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Colleagues: > > I am posting this on behalf of a colleague who needs to purchase ca. 1 > kilogram of *untreated* wood of each of the following genera of trees for > research purposes: > > Ash - *Fraxinus* sp. (Oleaceae) > > Acacia - *Acacia *sp. (Fabaceae) > > Cherry - *Prunus* sp. (Rosaceae) > > Chesnut - *Castanea* sp. (Fagaceae) > > Juniper - *Juniperus* sp. (Cupressaceae) > > Mulberry - *Morus* sp. (Moraceae) > > If you have recommendations of dependable places (ideally, they would > provide species identification of the wood), please let me know directly > via email: blayjo...@gmail.com > > With gratefulness, > > Jorge > > Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD > blaypublishers.com > > 1. Positive experiences for authors of papers published in *LEB* > http://blaypublishers.com/testimonials/ > > 2. Free examples of papers published in *LEB*: http://blaypublishers. > com/category/previous-issues/. > > 3. *Guidelines for Authors* and page charges of *LEB*: > http://blaypublishers.com/archives/ *.* > > 4. Want to subscribe to *LEB*? http://blaypublishers.com/subscriptions/ > > > http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/ > http://paleobiology.si.edu/staff/individuals/santiagoblay.cfm >
