Can anyone there explain whether Ontario forest owners are currently free to cut black ash on their property for their own fuelwood, craft-wood, etc? 

Background: Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra) was listed as provincially "endangered" ca 2020. That was problematic. In early 2022 a Minister's Regulation temporarily exempted black ash from all ESA protections for a two year period. In 2025 it's not clear to Ontario woodland owners what the rules are regarding making use of black ash trees rapidly declining from emerald ash borer in its southern range. 

The 12 page 2024 Government Response Statement on Black Ash https://www.ontario.ca/files/2024-01/mcep-black-ash-en-2024-01-19.pdf is not very helpful.  ER