EAB Community Preparedness and Response Plan

1. EAB Community Preparedness and Response Plan 2010 Minnesota Community Preparedness Workshops

2. "I will prepare and someday my chance will come."-- Abraham Lincoln Photo by: J. Ryg City of Rochester

3. MnSTAC Community EAB Checklist

4. What is an EAB Community Preparedness and Response Plan? • Explains a community’s objective and approaches it will use to meet current or anticipated impact of EAB • A plan that administrators, staff and residents can follow

5. Why Does A Community Need a Plan? • To determine the actions that must be performed to protect the urban forest • Acting now = Spreading the costs over larger period of time • Opportunity to think about and coordinate sharing costs • Provides a community with a reasonable and responsible method to respond

6. Key Elements • An EAB Plan Takes into Consideration an array of topics, including: • Ash Management Plan • Monitoring and Reporting • Resources • Outreach • Authority • Ordinances and Policies • Additional

7. Ash Management Plan

8. Ash Management Plan • Determine how a community will manage the loss of a significant number of trees • Plan for tree diversity to increase resiliency to future pests

9. Monitoring and Reporting

10. How is EAB detected? • Purple Traps • Tree Sampling

11. How is EAB detected? • Visual Survey • Citizen Reports

12. Monitoring and Reporting Do I have EAB Checklist? Contact Arrest-the-Pest Hotline Confirmation of new infestations

13. Resources

14. Resources • Determine and Describe Resources that will be needed in a community, including: • Financial • Personnel/Volunteers

15. Resources • Financial considerations may include cost of: • Developing the plan • Conducting or updating tree inventory and assessment • Ash tree removals • Tree replacements • Insecticide treatments • Wood disposal • Equipment • Others

16. Resources • Financial Purdue EAB Cost Calculator http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/treecomputer/

17. Resources • Personnel/Volunteer considerations may include: • Number of staff and hours needed • New hires vs. contractors • Shared resources among communities • Identifying skilled volunteers • Ex. Tree Care Advisors, Master Gardeners, neighborhood organizations, etc. • Coordination with local emergency response staff

18. Outreach

19. Outreach • Determine the approach used to educate and inform: • Officials (councils, boards, etc.) • Staff • Public • Contractors

20. Outreach • Approaches • Presentations • Handouts • Brochures • Flyers • Mailings • Videos • Others Example of EAB Utility Billing Insert

21. Authority

22. Authority • Local Ordinances and Policies • State Statutes and Quarantine • Federal Regulations and Quarantine

23. Ordinances and Policies http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/community/shadetreepestordinance.pdf • Including Internal and External Ordinances/Policies Regarding: • Tree Health • Treatment of trees • Planting Restrictions • Firewood

24. Quarantines and Wood Disposal • Prohibits Movement of: • Ash material • Hardwoodfirewood • Ash debris must be disposed of or treated within the quarantine • Material can be treated and moved

25. Additional Considerations

26. Additional Considerations (Slide1 of 3) • Purpose • Declare the purpose and intent • Applicability • Administration • Principle responsibility for implementing the plan.

27. Additional Considerations (Slide 2 of 3) • Potential postponed work • Contact list • Community contacts • Plan preparer contact • Communication • Message • Target Groups • EAB Team

28. Additional Considerations (Slide 3 of 3) • Definitions • Less commonly used terms • Information Section • Provide a brief background of EAB and community

29. Summary -Key Elements • Key Elements of Plan • Ash Management Plan • Monitoring and Reporting • Ordinances and Policies • Resources • Outreach • Authority • Additional

30. Arrest the Pest Hotline "Arrest the Pest" Hotline651-201-6684 - Metro Area or 1-888-545-6684 - Greater MinnesotaArrest.The.Pest@state.mn.us