What is the likely economic impact of EAB?
High in urban areas and moderate in the forest industry. A quarantine could be implemented prohibiting the movement of all firewood, ash logs and ash nursery stock out of Wayne County. The economic impact in Wayne County will be moderate and primarily felt by firewood producers and the 12 sawmills located in the county. The impact will be even higher should surrounding counties be added to the quarantine. It is estimated that 3 percent of Missouri’s forest is ash. The decision on a quarantine will be made after the infestation have been delimited. The economic impact to Missouri towns is expected be high as towns struggle to remove dead ash trees. Standing dead trees will be serious threat to public safety. Removal of dead trees from cities, towns, parks, campgrounds will require millions of dollars. It is estimated that 14 percent of the trees in our towns is ash. There are very few ways to control EAB and no control measure has proven effective on a large scale. The infestation in Wa
