One more big reason to buy firewood locally: Thousand cankers disease – a fungus spread by the walnut twig beetle.
So far this disease—of the ‘death by a thousand cuts’ variety—has only been found in black walnut trees in the western part of the US.
But worry is growing that black walnuts across the eastern US will be under serious threat if the disease spreads across the Plains.
And how does thousand cankers disease spread? You guessed it: People moving firewood, untreated wood and logs.
Check out this report produced by Iowa State University Extension Specialists—and don’t miss the great photos at the bottom.
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