I see log trucks traveling on 37, why can they move wood and I cant?
Many of the log trucks are transporting wood to be used in lumber or pulp. These logs will not be staying in this form for very long once arriving at the mill. They are headed for saw logs which will have the bark peeled off and destroyed, and this kills most pests in the wood. Pulp will be chipped up, ground and turned to pulp for the paper manufacture. This process will also kill any destructive pests in the wood. What cannot be transported is any wood that is raw and may have insects in it, that might sit in one place for a while. Sitting in one place means like a stack drying, or camp wood forgotten at a campsite. Lumber or other wood is not applicable, this only covers wood that is potentially infected with destructive insects, and may not be used right away. Insects like the EAB grow in a tree for a year before becoming adults. Most police and border guards wont be able to tell if wood is clean or not, or if the wood is of a potential carrier species (such as telling ash from map
