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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore has banned ash firewood to prevent the spread of emerald ash borer.

The emerald ash borer is a small, exotic wood-boring beetle discovered in southeast Michigan in summer 2002.

This exotic insect “kills ash trees by feeding and tunneling in the cambium, the layer of living material just under the bark that transports food and water throughout the tree,” says Lakeshore Superintendent Jim Northup.

“... Our concern stems from the fact that ash trees are common in wetland areas within the lakeshore and throughout the Upper Peninsula. Retaining native vegetation is key to overall National Park Service policy.”

For more information, contact Chief Ranger Larry Hach at 906-387-2607 or visit the Website at www.nps.gov/piro under “in depth.”

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