[Stoves] Firewood should be Heat Treated before trasnsport

[Kevin]

Dear John

I think the big thing about spread of such pests as the Pine beetle is "environmental change.". More specifically, with changes in weather patterns that make certain areas warmer in "winter", the over-wintering pests will not be killed.

Simply heat treating all incoming fuels is unlikely to be helpful.... if the present environment is adequately "bad for the pests", then there is no need for heat treating. If the forest environment has changed to the point where it is now "environmentally favourable" for the spread of the pest, then all it takes is a warm wind from the wrong direction to blow in a herd of pests, to infect the forest "naturally."

Best wishes,

Kevin
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Olsen 
  To: stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org 
  Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 8:50 AM
  Subject: [Stoves] Firewood should be Heat Treated before trasnsport


  In North American discussions, about firewood, I believe a thought must be raised about quarantine regulations, which state that all firewood must undergo "heat" treatment before transport, to stop the spread of invasive insects.I wish they had stopped the "pine beetle", in BC, Canada. Billions...of cubic meters of trees DEAD..

  John O. Olsen



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