The Pest
The invasive beetle species that destroys ash trees across North America.
What is the Emerald Ash Borer?
The Canadian province particularly affected by large numbers of ash tree losses.
What is Ontario?
The biggest human activity responsible for spreading Emerald Ash Borer larvae.
What is transporting firewood?
The Canadian agency responsible for protecting plant, animal, and food resources.
What is the Canadian Food Inspection Agency?
A traveller brings untreated firewood from another country in their car.
What is not allowed / stopped at the border?
The continent where the Emerald Ash Borer originally came from
What is Asia?
One major environmental impact caused by the loss of ash trees.
What is loss of biodiversity or wildlife habitat?
A material used in international shipping that can carry invasive pests.
What is untreated wood packaging?
Canada's first line of defense at the border against invasive species.
What is the Canada Border Services Agency?
A traveller tries to bring live plants without documentation.
What is not allowed / detained for inspection?
The year the Emerald Ash Borer was first detected in Canada.
What is 2002?
A financial burden cities face due to Emerald Ash Borer infestations.
What is removing dead trees from streets and parks?
A plant-related product that can spread pests when transported between regions.
What is nursery stock or plant materials?
The action taken when a Border Services Officer suspects goods may contain pests.
What is referring the shipment to CFIA for inspection?
A shipment of untreated wooden pallets arriving from overseas.
What is flagged for inspection by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency?
The specific type of tree targeted and killed by the Emerald Ash Borer.
What are Ash Trees?
The sector of the economy that suffers losses due to damaged ash trees.
What is the forestry industry?
The natural way Emerald Ash Borers move from tree to tree over short distances.
What is flying?
High-risk goods that border officers inspect to prevent invasive species entry.
What are plants, wood products, or soil?
A tourist declares packaged, processed wooden souvenirs.
What is likely allowed after inspection?
The scientific name of the Emerald Ash Borer.
What is Agrilus planipennis?
A major environmental effect when invasive species disrupt natural ecosystems.
What is habitat destruction or ecosystem imbalance?
The stage of the insect that lives inside wood and spreads through firewood.
What are larvae?
The best strategy to deal with invasive species like the Emerald Ash Borer.
What is preventing them from entering the country?
A shipment of plant material that could carry invasive pests entering Canada through a port of entry.
What is referred by the Canada Border Services Agency to CFIA for inspection?