Ash Management Plan

1. Ash Management Plan 2010 Minnesota Community Preparedness Workshops

2. Plan Components • Ash Tree Inventory and Assessment • Ash Tree Removals • Tree Replacement • Insecticide Treatments • Wood Utilization

3. Ash Tree Inventory and Assessment • Importance • In order to manage a resource you need to know: • What you have • Where it is • What condition it’s in • View at: 3.a-d

4. Ash Tree Inventory and Assessment • Types • Windshield • Complete tally • Sample survey • Quick survey of just ash • View at: Appendix C

5. Ash Tree Inventory and Assessment A Statistical Method for the Accurate and Rapid Sampling of Street Tree Populations Journal of Arboriculture, 1992 • View at: 3.b • Stratified random sampling: grid streets, curved streets, and downtown • Maximum 2,300 trees to sample • Estimated 120 person-hours in the field

6. Ash Tree Inventory and Assessment Assessment Determine the condition and the potential nuisance of a tree • Can be used to determine pre-emptive removal of: • Targeted trees • Near walkways • Near play areas • Competing with other desirable trees • Future construction planning • Unacceptable risk trees

7. Plan Components • Ash Tree Inventory and Assessment • Ash Tree Removals • Tree Replacement • Insecticide Treatments • Wood Utilization

8. Ash Tree Removals • Plan and Prioritize • Targeted removals • Proactive removals • Reactive removals • View at: 2.c and 2.i • Estimates with Cost Calculator • View at: 2.f

9. Prioritizing removals In general, tree removal should be prioritized as follows: 1. Hazardous trees 2. Dead, dying, diseased trees 3. Poor structure/condition trees 4. Trees causing infrastructure damage 5. Trees planted or growing in undesirable locations 6. All other trees Ash Tree Removals

10. Ash Tree Removals Resources Determine if work will be done internally or contracted • If contracted out, consider using qualified contractors • View at: 3.L

11. If contracting for services visit: www.mntreesource.com Ash Tree Removals

12. Plan Components • Ash Tree Inventory and Assessment • Ash Tree Removals • Tree Replacement • Insecticide Treatments • Wood Utilization

13. Tree Replacement Diversity • 30-20-10 Rule • i.e. Family-genus-spp. • Street Tree Plantings- • Design for Diversity • (CD and online) • View at: 3.e and 3.g

14. Tree Replacement U of MN Recommended Trees • Species to use • Northwest and Central • Southeast • Southwest • Northern tallgrass prairie • View at: 3.h-k

15. Tree Replacement Mn/DOT Plant Selector View at: 3.f http://dotapp7.dot.state.mn.us/plant/faces/index.jsp

16. Tree Replacement Things to think about • Locations • Stock specifications • Proper tree planting • Maintenance care • Quotes on tree replanting • Shared community resources Gary Johnson

17. Plan Components • Ash Tree Inventory and Assessment • Ash Tree Removals • Tree Replacement • Insecticide Treatments • Wood Utilization

18. Insecticide Treatments • Research Available • View at: 6.c

19. Insecticide Treatments Found at: http://www.mda.state.mn.us/eab View at: 6.a

20. Insecticide Treatments View at: 6.b

21. Plan Components • Ash Tree Inventory and Assessment • Ash Tree Removals • Tree Replacement • Insecticide Treatments • Wood Utilization

22. Wood Utilization • View at: 7.a

23. Wood Utilization • Factors to Consider • Markets • Contracts • Wood collection yards • Cooperative ventures • Expected volumes • Tree quality • Local use Rebecca Koetter

24. View at: 7.g

25. Wood Utilization Markets • Potential Markets • Fuel • Firewood • Biomass • Mulch • Sawlogs • Pulpwood Timbercorp.com greenarbytheday Statecollegefirewood.com

26. Wood Utilization Markets • Explore Markets • Woody Biomass Energy Facilities http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/um/biomass/index.html

27. Wood Utilization Markets Explore Markets http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/timber_producer/index.html

28. Wood Utilization Markets www.mbioex.com/ • Explore Markets • Minneapolis Biomass Exchange Select Example of Posting

29. Wood Utilization Markets • Explore Markets • Minnesota Materials Exchange • Search by wanted or post as available • Category • County Example Posting www.mnexchange.org/index.htm

30. Wood Utilization Quality/Marketability Tree Quality, value and “bucking” specs Figure 2. Maximizing lumber value through proper log bucking. www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/fnr/fnr-190.pdf

31. Wood Utilization Local Use • Local Use • Park benches • Picnic tables • Landscape timber • Other http://na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/misc/utilizingmunitrees/Municipalities.htm • View at: 7.e and 7.f Memorial benches made from shammel ash that is removed from city streets and milled by city crews. Photo by Cindy McCall, reprinted from Bodzin 1998

32. Wood Utilization Local Use Local Use www.risingfromashes.org • View at: 7.b

33. Wood Utilization Local Use Examples of Local Use Traverwood Branch Library in Ann Arbor Michigan

34. If you are located in a quarantined county, be familiar with the EAB Quarantine For more information contact: Intrastate Movement Arrest the Pest Hotline 651-201-6684 (Metro) or 1-888-545-6684(Greater MN) Interstate Movement United States Department of Agriculture Plant Protection and Quarantine 612-725-1722