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At least in North America you should not source your logs from as close as possible and no more then 50 miles away (possibly much closer based on your area) to prevent spread of any of these 53 pests or wood diseases spread by moving logs: Ambrosia beetle

    Asian Gypsy Moth
    Asian Longhorned Beetle
    Balsam Woolly Adelgid
    Banded Elm Bark Beetle
    Bromeliad Weevil
    Brown Spruce Longhorned Beetle
    Cactus Moth
    Chestnut Gall Wasp
    Citrus Longhorned Beetle
    Common Pine Shoot Beetle
    Cycad Aulacaspis Scale
    Emerald Ash Borer
    Erythrina Gall Wasp
    Eurasian Nun Moth
    European Gypsy Moth
    European Oak Bark Beetle
    European Spruce Beetle
    Golden Haired Pine Bark Beetle
    Goldspotted oak borer
    Harrisia cactus mealybug
    Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
    Larch Casebearer
    Larger Pine Shoot Beetle
    Lobate Lac Scale
    Mediterranean Pine Engraver Beetle
    Pine Flat Bug
    Polyphagous shot hole borer
    Red-Haired Pine Bark Beetle
    Sirex Woodwasp
    Soapberry Borer
    Spruce Aphid
    Viburnum leaf beetle
    Walnut Twig Beetle
    Ohi'a Rust
    Alder Dieback
    Amylostereum complex
    Beech Bark Disease
    Butternut Canker
    Chestnut Blight
    Dogwood Anthracnose Disease
    Dutch Elm Disease
    European Larch Canker
    Fusarium fungus
    Laurel Wilt
    Oak Dieback
    Phytophthora kernoviae
    Phytophthora Root Rot
    Pine Pitch Canker
    Port-Orford-Cedar Root Disease
    Sudden Oak Death Syndrome
    Thousand Canker Disease
    White Pine Blister Rust
More info here: http://www.dontmovefirewood.org/the-problem/what-you-can-do....


"Should not source" or "should source" - typo?




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