GW: The only good thing about these destroyers of our indigenous ash hardwoods is that they’ve supplied many with a readily available supply of firewood.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has announced broadcasts of WNMU-TV13’s “Media Meet” discussion on a recent quarantine extension in the Upper Peninsula for the emerald ash borer airs this weekend.
The program with DNR staff and host Bill Hart focuses on what landowners with ash trees can do now as the infestation moves across the region, information on how the beetle was introduced to Michigan and what the outcomes have been. The program will initially air at 6:30 p.m. EST Saturday, March 5 and be rebroadcast at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 6.
Guests featured on the half-hour program include Bob Heyd, a DNR forest health specialist in Marquette, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development field inspector John Diddams of Marquette and DNR forest marketing and utilization specialist Brenda Haskill from the Newberry customer service center.
The broadcast will reach viewers across the U.P. and parts of northern Wisconsin. A week after the initial broadcast, the television program will be available online at: http://wnmuvideo.nmu.edu/program/media-meet/.
Recently, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development extended its quarantine in the Upper Peninsula to include Baraga, Dickinson, Marquette and Menominee counties.
This leaves only three counties in the Upper Peninsula – Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon – outside the quarantine zone. In Lower Michigan, all counties are under quarantine with the exception of a few protected islands in the Great Lakes.
The movement of regulated articles, including firewood, from the quarantined counties into Gogebic, Iron or Ontonagon counties is prohibited, unless done so under a valid Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development compliance agreement.
now as the infestation moves across the region, information on how the beetle was introduced to Michigan and what the outcomes have been. The program will initially air at 6:30 p.m. EST Saturday, March 5 and be rebroadcast at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 6.
