I know this will only affect a few folks on here but...... please be viligant if you own or have property that have ash trees. This past deer season we found damaged trees from the ash bore, many, many trees on our farm. It has forced us to timber a property we would not have otherwise timbered. A conservative guess is 40% of our woods is ash trees, I will never live to see the woods as it is today.

It is going to be timbered and there is a market as long as the tree is not already dead. Two years ago the State had traps on my property looking for ash bores and found none. Today I have woodpeckers shredding bark feasting on ash bores.

Be vigilant if you haven't already had these critters, read the material that is out there on what to look for. I heard that the entire state of Indiana is now under quarantine.

My only solace is that there is still a market, I can get some value now or let them die and get zero return.