01-18-2017, 05:20 AM
There are also exceptions to the Ohia ban for heat treated or sealed wood.
There is an exception for kiln dried wood, thoroughly dried throughout the board:
The USDA has determined that the fungus is inviable if the wood reaches temperatures in excess of 130 degrees Fahrenheit or has a moisture content of less than 20 percent.
Complete quarantine between Hawaii Island districts was not put into place for the sole reason that it is unenforceable, people wouldn't obey the restrictions:
Several sources who were part of the quarantine discussions say on-island restrictions were discussed. But HDOA determined that to quarantine parts of Hawaii Island would have been unenforceable. Instead, it would rely on education and outreach to discourage on-island transport.
Cutting into ohia logs and creating sawdust appears to be the #1 factor for human based spread of ROD. Sawdust cannot easily be treated at the site where trees are felled.
http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/rapid-ohia...iis-water/
"Only fear real things, such as minds full of delusions." -Last Aphorisms
There is an exception for kiln dried wood, thoroughly dried throughout the board:
The USDA has determined that the fungus is inviable if the wood reaches temperatures in excess of 130 degrees Fahrenheit or has a moisture content of less than 20 percent.
Complete quarantine between Hawaii Island districts was not put into place for the sole reason that it is unenforceable, people wouldn't obey the restrictions:
Several sources who were part of the quarantine discussions say on-island restrictions were discussed. But HDOA determined that to quarantine parts of Hawaii Island would have been unenforceable. Instead, it would rely on education and outreach to discourage on-island transport.
Cutting into ohia logs and creating sawdust appears to be the #1 factor for human based spread of ROD. Sawdust cannot easily be treated at the site where trees are felled.
http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/rapid-ohia...iis-water/
"Only fear real things, such as minds full of delusions." -Last Aphorisms
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