Minnesota EAB Readiness Plan

Readiness Plan Objectives  Delay the introduction and establishment of EAB in Minnesota.  Identify and prepare outreach, education and training.  Provide the basis for long-term sustainability.  Develop political support to ensure adequate funding and regulation.

Delay the introduction and establishment of EAB in Minnesota. Lead Agency: Minnesota Dept of Agriculture  Assessment  Prevention  Early Detection  Rapid Response

Assessment

Prevention Regulation Education

Early Detection – Detection Trees

Early Detection – Declining Trees

Early Detection Surveys

Early Detection - It’s a TRAP!

Rapid Response

Response Plan ICS

Response Plan Flow

Rapid Response – Action Steps

Rapid Response - Quarantine Point source pre- adult emergence Location quarantined only

Rapid Response - Quarantine Point source post- adult emergence Township level quarantine for 10 mile radius

Rapid Response - Quarantine Non-point source County level quarantine, potentially multiple counties

Rapid Response – Action Steps

Rapid Response – Delimit & Investigate Delimiting Point source No delimiting survey Non-point source Immediate delimiting survey Phase 1: Visual Survey Phase 2: Destructive Sampling Investigation Point source Trace-backs / Trace-forwards Non-point source Interviews with relevant businesses & residents in affected area

Rapid Response – Action Steps

Point source pre- adult emergence Non-point source Eradication possible but depends on ash density in affected area and amount of emergence Suppression best option Point source post-adult emergence Eradication best option Rapid Response - Mitigation

Rapid Response - Eradication Removal of all ash for ½ mile radius or more

Rapid Response - Suppression Containment Sanitation Trap trees Host removal Systemic pesticides Biological control Other David Cappaert, Michigan State University Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bugwood.org Gerald J. Lenhard,, Bugwood.org

Rapid Response – Action Steps

Readiness Plan Objectives  Delay the introduction and establishment of EAB in Minnesota.  Identify and prepare outreach, education and training.  Provide the basis for long-term sustainability.  Develop political support to ensure adequate funding and regulation.

Identify and prepare outreach, education and training Lead Agency: University of Minnesota Delivery Methods  Interagency EAB Web Site  News Releases/ Media Interviews  Publications  Newsletters

Urban Audiences  Media  Retail garden centers/Nurseries/Growers  Urban Foresters/Landscape Professionals and Paraprofessionals  Local Units of Government  Residential Homeowners  Master Volunteer Groups  Educators  First Detectors

Forest/Rural/Natural Resources Audiences  Media  Mills/Wood Processors/Loggers  Natural Res. Professionals/Paraprofessionals  Local Units of Government  Family Forest Landowners  Timberland Managers  Master Volunteer Groups  Educators  Tourists  Recreationists/Outdoor Enthusiasts  First Detectors

Readiness Plan Objectives  Delay the introduction and establishment of EAB in Minnesota.  Identify and prepare outreach, education and training.  Provide the basis for long-term sustainability.  Develop political support to ensure adequate funding and regulation.

Provide the basis for long-term forest sustainability Lead Agency: Dept of Natural Resources Major Components:  Inventory (pre-infestation) and monitoring (post-infestation)  Silviculture and forest management  Coordination and implementation Includes both urban and rural forest resources

Forest Inventory and Monitoring  Pre-infestation inventory of urban and rural forest resources - What are we protecting, what is at risk of damage? - What are our highest priorities forests and where are they?  Post-infestation monitoring of urban and rural forest resources -What is the impact of EAB? - What is the impact of our management? - How are these changing over time?

Silviculture and Forest Management  Black ash silvicultural field trials  Silvicultural guidelines for upland and lowland forests and urban woodlands  Urban tree care and planting guidelines  Urban pest mgmt  Wood waste management & utilization  Outreach needs for urban and rural audiences

Coordination and Implementation  Who will be impacted; who are the stakeholders?  Who are our partners; what resources do they bring to the table?  Who are their clients, key management groups?  What structures (legal and otherwise) are needed to develop and implement effective management strategies to protect both urban and rural forest resources  What actions are needed by each partner involved

Readiness Plan Objectives  Delay the introduction and establishment of EAB in Minnesota.  Identify and prepare outreach, education and training.  Provide the basis for long-term sustainability.  Develop political support to ensure adequate funding and regulation.

Develop political support to insure adequate funding and regulation.  Re-Leaf (DNR grant program initiative to deal w/removal, disposal, utilization and replacement of trees)  Explore other revenue sources and partners  Explore emergency funding for rapid response  Document current investments Lead: S & S Tree Specialists

Develop political support to insure adequate funding and regulation  Identify, quantify and determine an effective eradication/response mode and enforcement similar to Dutch Elm.  Work with Objective B team to educate and encourage political action.  Support 2007 Legislation (Forest Protection Plan) S. F. No. 2096, 3 rd Engrossmnt-85 th Legislative Session ( )

Develop political support to insure adequate funding and regulation  Support actions in Forest Protection Plan to invest $1.5 million a year in statewide early detection and public education.  Support actions in Forest Protection Plan to Establish an “Invasive Forest Pests Response Fund” with ongoing appropriation for its use in outbreak response - $10 million suggested.

Develop political support to insure adequate funding and regulation  Support actions to Fund the Forest Resources Council to continue to develop a more detailed forest protection plan in partnership with a broad array of stakeholders.  Explore with University of Minnesota possible hiring of forest entomologist.  Explore possible bill that could establish fund for cities to support EAB efforts.

Be informed about EAB (understand what it looks like and the symptoms) Report suspicious insects and dying ash Don’t plant ash Don’t treat ash What Can People Do About EAB

Forest management and EAB Photo credit Eli Sagor

Shelterwood Photo credits Eli Sagor Selective removal of ash

This is not EAB Steven Katovich, USDA Forest Service,

Ash planting is not recommended Brian Lockhart, USDA Forest Service,

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