Hemlock woolly adelgid

People who work in Nova Scotia’s forestry industry say new federal restrictions on the movement of wood products in five counties in the province are unclear, and costly. Woodlot owners, mills and firewood vendors are all impacted. A wide range of wood and wood products are not allowed to leave Digby, Queens, Shelburne, Yarmouth and Annapolis counties. The restrictions were put in place Dec. 19 by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to stop the spread of the hemlock woolly adelgid, an aphid-like insect that attacks and kills hemlock trees. “It’s getting to the point that I really need to know something,” said Wade Turner, president of J.A. Turner and Sons, a mill outside Bridgewater that sources some of its wood from nearby Queens County.