Know the Enemy

Tree killing pests can be anywhere- your city street, a favorite campsite, or lurking inside your seemingly innocent firewood.

Visit The Gallery of Pests to learn to recognize tree killing insects and diseases, and do your part to prevent the spread of these devastating foreign pests by buying firewood near where you will burn it.

 

If you are worried you've found a pest, visit Report a Pest for a list of phone numbers to call.

Useful Forest Pests links (please note, this is not a comprehensive list!)

• Asian Longhorned Beetle, USDA site
• Bugwood.org, a site maintained by the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health at the University of Georgia
• EmeraldAshBorer.info, "a multistate effort in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Wisconsin to bring you the latest information about emerald ash borer."
• Stop the Beetle.info, a new partner site with EmeraldAshBorer.info
• Emerald Ash Borer, USDA site
• Gypsy Moth, USDA site
• Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, USDA Forest Service site
• Sirex Woodwasp, USDA site
• Sudden Oak Death, USDA site
• Thousand Canker Disease, Colorado State University pest alert

Firewood as a Threat

• Northeastern Area Forest Service, Firewood page
• For information listed by State, see our State Information Page