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The emerald ash borer is a highly destructive insect that kills ash trees. It is native to Eastern Asia but was discovered discovered in Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan in 2002. The emerald ash borer has killed millions of ash trees in Southwestern Ontario and poses a major economic and environmental threat.
The emerald ash borer is strictly regulated as a plant pest
under the
Plant Protection Act. Federal
Ministerial Orders prohibit the movement of
specified materials including any ash material and firewood
of all species. All municipalities in the Lower Thames
Valley Conservation Authority are subject to these restrictions.
Anyone violating these restrictions is subject to a fine and/or
prosecution. Some individual properties are also under
specific
quarantine measures and property owners have been notified
that they cannot remove regulated materials from their
properties without written permission from the
Canadian Food
Inspection Agency.
Help slow the spread of the emerald ash borer in Canada! Learn more about the "Don't Move Firewood" campaign and movement restrictions currently in place. Visit http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/pestrava/agrpla/agrplae.shtml or call 1-866-463-6017.
Emerald Ash Borer Regulated Areas in the LTVCA
Emerald Ash Borer Restoration Grant Program
If you reside in in the western portion of the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority (Town of Lakeshore, Municipality of Leamington, and western portions in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent) and have been affected by the emerald ash borer, there may be grant funding available to you for restoration of your trees.
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