Northampton County Honors the Morey's - NC Forest Service

search continues on other possibilities.17Where control efforts fail, land managers should anticipate hazards and other impacts from deadand dying trees. In recreation areas near streams, for example, trees may need to be felled to minimize hazards,and stream crossings should be carefully monitored to ensure that culverts remain clear. In order tomaintain or restore the benefits provided by hemlock trees, restoration efforts may require novel approachessuch as the introduction of nonnative or hybridized hemlock species, facilitated movement of nativespecies to new habitats, and aggressive management of existing undesirable species to benefit desirablespecies. In all cases, monitoring will be required to evaluate efforts and guide adaptive approaches.—Patty Matteson—Access the full text of the article with matrix of management options.For more information, email Jim Vose at jvose@fs.fed.us.Haywood County Wood Products Under NCDA&CS QuarantineFor Thousand Cankers DiseaseRALEIGH–The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has placed HaywoodCounty wood products under quarantine due to a recent detection of thousand cankers disease in the GreatSmoky Mountains National Park.“This marks the first time the disease has been detected in the state, and by placing restrictions on avariety of plant material and wood products, we hope to keep the disease from spreading into other counties,”said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. “Something as simple as moving firewood from an infectedarea to an uninfected county could increase the risk of spreading this disease.”Thousand cankers disease is a newly recognized disease primarily affecting black walnut trees. It iscaused by the Geosmithia morbida fungus, which is spread by the walnut twig beetle. Thousand cankersdisease has produced widespread death of black walnuts in many western states during the past decade.Other species of walnut, such as Arizona walnut, English walnut and California walnut, have also shownvarying degrees of susceptibility to this fungus.The following items fall under the quarantine restrictions: walnut plants and plant parts includingfirewood, lumber, logs, stumps, roots, branches, and composted and uncomposted chips. Regulated itemscannot be moved outside the county. Exceptions to the quarantine restrictions include nuts, nut meats,hulls, processed lumber with square edges that is 100 percent bark free and kiln-dried, and finished woodproducts without bark, such as furniture, instruments and gun stocks.NCDA&CS Plant Industry Division and N.C. Forest Service personnel will continue to monitorcounties across North Carolina for the presence of this disease. Anyone with questions about this quarantineshould contact Phil Wilson, NCDA&CS plant pest administrator, at 919-707-3730, or go to the websitehttp://ncforestservice.gov/forest_health/forest_health_thousandcankers.htm