THE EMERALD ASH BORER IS MAKING INROADS

Todays's K-W Record has a Notice in their Local section regarding the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). This notice includes a map and a listing of affected Counties in Southern Ontario which encompasses Chatham-Kent in the extreme south-west through to Durham north-east of Toronto. This destructive insect was introduced via wooden shipping crates from China years ago and the movement of firewood/wooden pallets is still a primary method of its' spreading. I guess you could call this one more "benefit" of world wide trade. It is now illegal to move ash tree materials or firewood out of any of these Counties without written permission from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.