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EAB: Now That It’s Here, What Do We Do?. 2010 Shade Tree Short Course March 16-17, 2010. Ken Holman, DNR Forestry Mark Abrahamson, MN Dept. of Agriculture. Lessons Learned. Define roles Start planning early Inventories Visual surveys should start at the tops of trees
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EAB: Now That It’s Here, What Do We Do? 2010 Shade Tree Short Course March 16-17, 2010 Ken Holman, DNR Forestry Mark Abrahamson, MN Dept. of Agriculture
Lessons Learned • Define roles • Start planning early • Inventories • Visual surveys should start at the tops of trees • Wood disposal must be addressed • Funding will be needed, period • Waiting and doing nothing will be more expensive
Preparing for EAB:Community ResourcesOnline at DNR’s Community Forestry WebpageSEE HANDOUT
MDA EAB “Front Door.” Enter here for all web info. • Promote online “EAB Triage” diagnostic tool. 1
Brief the City Council: • Value of healthy trees • Cost of inaction
Before St. Paul, MN After Fall 2009
3 Shade Tree Program’s Legacy: 800 Tree Inspectors in 500 Communities
3 Sorted by City
4 • 2006 DNR Community Elm and Ash Rapid Assessment Survey – posted on DNR Forest Health Page • 2010 Project will have a new, refined survey protocol. All common tree genera will be surveyed in 700 Minnesota communities.
A Statistical Method for the Accurate and Rapid Sampling of Street Tree Populations (Journal of Arboriculture, 1992) 4 Jaenson et al. 1992. A statistical method of the accurate and rapid sampling of urban street tree populations. J of Arbor. 18(4): 171- 183. • Stratified random sampling: grid streets, curved streets, and downtown • Maximum 2,300 trees to sample • Estimated 120 person-hours in the field
Community Partners • 6 Greater MN Cities: • Thief River Falls • Hibbing • Morris • Hutchinson • Hendricks • Rochester
Twin Cities Ash Wood Markets -DNR Utilization and Marketing Program 6
Management Guidelines See DNR’s Preparing for EAB List of Links 7
7 In 3 years: 455 First Detectors in 64 of 87 counties. SEE HANDOUT
7 • 6 Thursdays, beginning March 11 • 2 sessions / day • Hands on, plus list of addresses to view “EAB trees”
Street Tree Plantings – Design for Diversity (CD and online) 8
8 Tree lists by Eco-regions match to soils, precipitation, etc.
9 Share successes via MnSTAC Advocate... COMING SOON in 4-color via e-mail