Zip code-based Firewood Surveys

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1 Zip code-based Firewood Surveys Michael Bohne Forest Health Group Leader US Forest Service Durham, NH

2 Zip Code Based Survey Pathways for firewood transport will be explored. Educational material will be distributed to parties identified in the firewood pathway supply chain. The zip code survey will be prioritized for campgrounds that received visitors from Worcester area zip codes in the last 5 years Data from the above survey will be used to target locations for outreach, particularly if potentially infested wood is transported to an uninfested site.

3 New York Department of Environmental Conservation surveyed >2200 trees at 37 campgrounds Focused on Adirondacks and Catskills Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation surveyed >800 trees at 32 campgrounds OPRHP plans on visiting 16 additional campgrounds in 2010

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5 Vermont VT Department of Forests, Parks, & Recreation, Redstart Forestry and VT Land Trust Surveyed high risk campgrounds and second homeowners with primary residence in Worcester. ~350 host trees surveyed at 20 campgrounds State Forester banned out-of-state firewood on July 6.

6 Vermont Second Home Owner Survey Results 2000 Vermont properties 396 information packets mailed 192 responses as of 11/9/09 22 on-site surveys No ALB detected

7 New Hampshire NH DRED, Division of Forests and Lands Surveyed high risk campgrounds, second homes and urban areas. 359 trees surveyed at 4 campgrounds 44 on-site surveys of second homes Surveyed Portsmouth, Nashua, Manchester and Keene Firewood banned from state and national forest campgrounds

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9 New Hampshire Second Home Owner Survey Results All 220 Towns contacted 44 Towns responded 200 homeowners contacted 75 responded 35 follow-up surveys, no ALB detected

10 Vermont and New Hampshire Second Home Owner Survey

11 Maine Maine Forest Service Surveyed high risk campgrounds for both ALB and EAB ~1900 trees surveyed at 42 campgrounds Identified second homeowners with primary residence in ALB regulated areas

12 Maine state park choice by nonresident campers, from various states/towns with known infestations of Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB), # of visits AROOSTOOK BRADBURY MOUNTAIN CAMDEN HILLS COBSCOOK BAY LAKE ST. GEORGE LAMOINE LILY BAY MOUNT BLUE PEAKS KENNY NY NJ MA Maine State Park RANGELEY LAKE SEBAGO WARREN ISLAND

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14 Massachusetts MA Department of Conservation and Recreation Outreach and survey conducted at 26 campgrounds throughout state No ALB detected beyond the largest ALB infestation outside of Asia.

15 Connecticut CT Division of Forestry Outreach and survey conducted at 60 campgrounds throughout state Firewood advisory issued No ALB detected

16 Rhode Island Rhode Island Division of Forest Environment ~110 trees surveyed at 23 campgrounds throughout state No ALB detected Tax Assessor Research identified 127 homeowners with primary residence in Worcester Additional surveys planned

17 Federal Lands US Forest Service Durham Field Office Focused in White Mountain National Forest in 2009 ~2300 trees surveyed at 23 campgrounds Surveys to continue on WMNF and expand to other federal lands in 2010

18 Cooperative ALB zip code based campground survey, 2009.