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The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is a highly destructive
insect which kills ash trees. There are currently
three regulated areas
in southwestern Ontario for EAB. Elgin and Lambton counties are
regulated separately. Essex County and the Municipality of Chatham-Kent,
which were separately regulated in 2004, were combined into one
regulated area in June 2006.
Regulated materials can be freely moved within a regulated area, but
cannot be moved outside of a regulated area without prior written
permission from the CFIA. Anyone violating this requirement may be
subject to a fine and/or be liable for prosecution.
Some properties within Lambton and Elgin counties are also under
specific quarantine measures. Those property owners have been notified
that they cannot remove regulated materials from their properties
without CFIA permission.
Regulated materials for EAB include nursery stock, trees, logs, wood,
rough lumber including pallets and other wood packaging materials, bark,
wood chips or bark chips from ash (Fraxinus species), and
firewood of all tree species.
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