February 23, 2012

Quarantined wood may now move from Bucks upon inpsection

For business owners such as Dave Ritter at Warwick Green Grinders, the state agriculture department’s recent decision to allow walnut wood products to leave Bucks County once they are inspected is goo

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Disease threatens walnut trees, local hardwoods and mulch industry

All around Bucks County, lumber yards, firewood sellers and mulch manufacturers have great big piles of wood material — just sitting there.

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Town hall meeting on tree disease and wood quarantine planned

The state Department of Agriculture and the Bucks County Penn State Cooperative Extension will host a town hall meeting on a wood quarantine the state ordered after a diseased walnut tree was discover

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Agriculture Department Announces Detection of Thousand Cankers Disease in Pennsylvania Trees, Enacts Quarantine to …

HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug.

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Diseased black walnut tree in Bucks prompts quarantine

An incurable disease found in a black walnut tree in Plumstead Township, Bucks County, has prompted measures to safeguard the state’s $25 billion hardwoods industry.

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‘Thousand Cankers’ wood quarantine

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania officials are restricting the movement of certain wood from Bucks County and specified other states following the detection of Thousand Cankers Disease in the state. The Agriculture Department announced the immediate quarantine on Friday after verification of the disease, which kills walnut trees and has no known cure.

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Pa. imposes ‘thousand cankers’ wood quarantine

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania officials on Friday said they were restricting the movement of certain wood from Bucks County and specified other states following the detection of thousand cankers disease in the state.

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Disease triggers wood quarantine

‘Thousand cankers,’ spread by beetles, found in black walnut trees in Bucks County.

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Diseased walnut in Bucks Co. prompts quarantine

An incurable disease found in a black walnut tree in Plumstead Township, Bucks County, has prompted measures to safeguard Pennsylvania’s $25 billion hardwoods industry.

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Diseased walnut in Bucks Co. prompts quarantine