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Pest Pathways

Pest Pathways. Transporting Trouble Firewood , Nursery Stock, Hobbyist Wood, Recreational Materials and More. Pathways . Natural distribution Human assisted movement. Take a moment to think of some ways in which we, humans, can move pests. Firewood. Photos from the MDA.

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Pest Pathways

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  1. Pest Pathways Transporting Trouble Firewood, Nursery Stock, Hobbyist Wood, Recreational Materials and More

  2. Pathways • Natural distribution • Human assisted movement Take a moment to think of some ways in which we, humans, can move pests.

  3. Firewood Photos from the MDA

  4. Specialty Wood for Cooking Photos from the MDA

  5. Specialty Wood for Cooking

  6. Woodworking Stock and Veneer Logs http://www.woodweb.com/cgibin/forums/vawp.pl?read=531138 Walnut for crafting http://www.walnutgrovegunstocks.com/slabs/walnut-slabs-060112/ http://urbanlumbercompany.com/wood/lnes-item-4/

  7. Woodworking Stock and Veneer Logs

  8. Logs for Log Home Building Mountain pine beetled killed bunk beds made, sold & bought in MN. Photo from MDA Photo from A. Gupta

  9. Nursery Stock

  10. Household & Recreational items GM egg masses on home GM egg masses in mailbox GM egg masses on picnic table Photos by the MDA

  11. Seed movement Photo from Play Clean Go Photo from Flickr by Urtica

  12. What Can YOU Do? Know the risk; know the rules & Spread the word! THINK!! Limit movement of materials Self inspection or request proof of inspection Know how to ID suspect firewood Know how to ID target pests

  13. Questions… Kathy Kromroy, Research Scientist, MDA & Angela Gupta, UMN Extension Forester

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