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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dear John</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>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."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Best wishes,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Kevin</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 16, 2012 8:50
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Stoves] Firewood should be Heat
Treated before trasnsport</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>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.</SPAN><SPAN>I wish they had stopped the "pine beetle", in BC, Canada.
Billions...of cubic meters of trees DEAD..</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=3><B>John O.
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