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Becca and Kevin, this is the ban I was telling you about.
Subject: [MR] Firewood Ban at Pennsic

A particularly nasty pest has been found in PA, near Pennsic. As a
result, the PA Dept of Agriculture has banned import or export of live
ash trees or any firewood into the area around Pennsic. The article
can be found at:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07179/797791-113.stm

>From the story:
"State officials yesterday banned the transportation of ash trees and
firewood into or out of Allegheny, Butler, Beaver and Lawrence
counties after an emerald ash borer -- a tiny green beetle from Asia
-- was discovered in a tree in Cranberry.
~snip~
Because of the difficulty in distinguishing between species of
firewood, campers are being asked to use only locally harvested
firewood, which should all be burned on-site and not carried to new
locations. All types of hardwood firewood, including ash, oak, maple
and hickory, are considered quarantined."

I read that the same pest has been found recently in PG County. So there is also a ban in Maryland, which means even though it may be the same pest, no hauling wood to Pennsic from here.

Here is the info on the Pennsic webpage, more details:
http://www.pennsicwar.org/penn36/GENERAL/firewood.html