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Ugh. We're dealing with the Emerald Ash Borer around here and it's really sad, and dangerous. There's acres and acres of dead tress that are going to start fall

Ugh. We're dealing with the Emerald Ash Borer around here and it's really sad, and dangerous. There's acres and acres of dead tress that are going to start falling and taking down power lines in the next few years. It costs thousands to have them taken down if they're in your yard. Damn little things are just monsters. Now I'm not looking forward to when those Lanternflies get here.

c0nsumer 8y ago
I do a lot of mountain bike trail building and maintenance. Here in SE Michigan we were heavily impacted by Emerald Ash Borer, and many of our trails are in wooded areas that contained a lot of ash. Because of how the Ash Borer kills trees what results is a tree that rots at the base and falls over, with the core of the trunk a nicely aged hardwood. This makes cutting out the dead trees as they fall across the trail particularly difficult.
jchb 8y ago
The Emerald Ash Borer was officially detected in the US in 2002. Likely arrived to the US in the beginning of the 90s [0]. Probably with packing material. Relevant regulation of wooden packing material seem to have been passed in the end of the 90s [1][2]. If anything, this story supports the precautionary principle. Nice quote from Wikipedia: "Strong precaution holds that regulation is required whenever there is a possible risk to health, safety, or the environment, even if the supporting evidence is speculative and even if the economic costs of regulation are high" [3]. [0] https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/2006/nc_2006_Poland_003.pdf https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/2006/nc_2006_Poland_003.... [1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/319.40-5 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/319.40-5 [2] https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1998-12-17/pdf/98-33444.pdf#page=4 https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1998-12-17/pdf/98-33444.pdf... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle
brosirmandude 8y ago
So what I'm hearing is, start a tree removal service.

c0nsumer 8y ago

I do a lot of mountain bike trail building and maintenance. Here in SE Michigan we were heavily impacted by Emerald Ash Borer, and many of our trails are in wooded areas that contained a lot of ash. Because of how the Ash Borer kills trees what results is a tree that rots at the base and falls over, with the core of the trunk a nicely aged hardwood. This makes cutting out the dead trees as they fall across the trail particularly difficult.

jchb 8y ago

The Emerald Ash Borer was officially detected in the US in 2002. Likely arrived to the US in the beginning of the 90s [0]. Probably with packing material. Relevant regulation of wooden packing material seem to have been passed in the end of the 90s [1][2]. If anything, this story supports the precautionary principle. Nice quote from Wikipedia: "Strong precaution holds that regulation is required whenever there is a possible risk to health, safety, or the environment, even if the supporting evidence is speculative and even if the economic costs of regulation are high" [3]. [0] https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/2006/nc_2006_Poland_003.pdf https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/jrnl/2006/nc_2006_Poland_003.... [1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/319.40-5 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/7/319.40-5 [2] https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1998-12-17/pdf/98-33444.pdf#page=4 https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1998-12-17/pdf/98-33444.pdf... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precautionary_principle

brosirmandude 8y ago

So what I'm hearing is, start a tree removal service.