Minnesota EAB Readiness Plan. Readiness Plan Objectives Delay the introduction and establishment of EAB in Minnesota. Identify and prepare outreach,

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.


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

- QuarantinePoint source pre- adult emergence

Location quarantined only

Rapid Response

- QuarantinePoint source post- adult emergence

Township level quarantine for 10 mile radius

Rapid Response

- QuarantineNon-point source

County level quarantine, potentially multiple counties


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


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







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






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






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, 3rd Engrossmnt-85th Legislative Session (2007-2008)


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.


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, www.forestryimages.org

Ash planting is not recommended

Brian Lockhart, USDA Forest Service, www.forestryimages.org

Questions?

Documents

Minnesota EAB Readiness Plan. Readiness Plan Objectives Delay the introduction and establishment of EAB in Minnesota. Identify and prepare outreach,