eab community action monitoring and reporting

Preparing for the Emerald Ash Borerhttp://nyis.info

EAB Community Action Monitoring and Reporting

David Cappaert, Michigan State U

niversity, bugwood.org


What can you do to help Ash Trees and Slow the Spread of EAB?

• Don’t Move Firewood• Collect Ash Tree Seed• Serve on a Community Preparedness Planning

Committee• Serve on an EAB Task Force• Help Conduct Community Tree Inventories• Monitor for EAB• Report Suspicious Sightings• Educate Yourself and Your Friends and Neighbors


1) Don’t Move FirewoodNYS Law- you cannot move

firewood more than 50 miles from its source.

Burn it where you buy it. Full details at the DEC web site:http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/28722.html This is not just for Emerald Ash Borer, but also

things like Asian Longhored Beetle, Gypsy Moth, Oak Wilt and more. Check out more at:

http://www.dontmovefirewood.org/

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/28722.html

http://www.dontmovefirewood.org/


2) Collect Ash SeedSave germoplasm for future ash generations!Make it Count: Select the Best Trees• Wild populations• Magnificent individuals

Document the parent tree:• GPS• Site and forest information• http://www.ashseed.org

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http://www.ashseed.org/


3) Community Preparedness Planning

Volunteer to help your community develop an Emerald Ash Borer Community Preparedness Plan.

• Preparedness Plans are designed to answer management, liability, legal and budget questions before there is an emergency situation. – EAB can have a large impact very quickly– Dead ash trees in community locations is a public safety

concern


Plan Elements• Background – description of the community and EAB’s potential

impact• Management Plan - outline of specific management actions for

specific trees, and who will implement the actions• Education Plan – identifies stakeholders and how they relate to

EAB and outlines their educational needs• Budget - what will management cost and how it will be paid for.• Contacts - who is responsible for the plan and its

implementation• Sources of Information – EAB references for planners and

stakeholders


How you can help with the Plan

• Be part of the committee that develops the plan

• Research ordinances and local laws• Educate community members• Assist with inventory completion/ updating• Write grants/look for funding• Help with replanting efforts


Plan Materials

• The Emerald Ash Borer Community Preparedness Plan Development Workbook can be found at http://nyis.info

• Sample NY Plans can also be found there. (coming soon)

• Sample Plans from around the country can be found at http://www.emeraldashborer.info.

http://nyis.info/

http://www.emeraldashborer.info/


4) EAB Task Force ParticipationServe on an EAB Task ForceTask Forces look at regional/multi-communities needs

such as:• Shared Resources

(staff, equipment)• Ash wood

marketing/utilization• Community Education• Inter-municipal

coordination Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive, Bugwood.org


5) Volunteer InventoryHelp take stock and assess ash trees on streets, in

parks and in public places (or in private yards)• Basic Inventory Skills– Ash Tree ID– Tree measurements– GPS Usage (optional)

• Advanced Skills– Some tree health/structural

problem identification training

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Inventory Tools

• I-Tree Tools- I-Streets inventory program– http://www.itreetools.org/ – Freeware developed by the USDA Forest Service

and other partners. – Will be a fit for most inventory projects.

• Work with a consulting arborist to develop your own inventory system based on local needs

http://www.itreetools.org/


6) and 7) Monitor and Report

Monitoring helps:• Identify newly infested areas• Identify where EAB is not

Knowing where EAB is and its rate of spread has impacts on response levels and the use of insecticides and other management tactics.


6) MonitoringThe basic steps: 1) Learn the signs and symptoms of EAB2) Learn to identify ash trees

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3) Decide on the parameters of the local monitoring system.

• Assign volunteers to areas• Develop reporting protocol

Survey methods for monitoring can be found at http://beetledetectives.com and http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/72136.html

Michigan Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org

http://beetledetectives.com/



EAB Survey TechniquesVisual Inspection• Canopy thinning• Bark splitting• Woodpecker foraging• Epicormic sprouting

Biosurveillance• Native predatory wasp

Trapping• Purple Prism Traps (PPT)• Baited with chemical lure

• Trap tree• With Purple Prism Trap

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BiosurveillanceGround Nesting Predatory Wasp, Cerceris fumipennis The wasp provisions her nest with beetles and is an efficient forager.Go to: http://www.cerceris.info/ for complete information

http://www.cerceris.info/


Trap Trees/ Sentential Trees

A much more effect way to attract EAB is to deliberately girdle ash trees. EAB is attracted to chemicals released by stressed ash trees.

At the end of the season, the tree is cut down, and the bark peeled off.


Finding EAB in a Trap Tree


Hybrid Traps

Combination purple prism traps and girdling is being used to increase the chances of trapping Emerald Ash Borer in an area.

In some cases insecticides are also added to kill EAB that feed on the tree.


EAB Prism Traps

Purple Prism Traps are plastic traps painted with a lure and a sticky substance. Not very effective, and only available through APHIS.


7) Reporting Sample IdentificationConfirming the Identity of an Emerald Ash Borer or

suspected trees contact:• Your local CCE office: http://www.cce.cornell.edu• Call the DEC EAB and Firewood Hotline

1-866-640-0652

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ReportingBoth the NYSDEC and USDA APHIS have

monitoring and reporting tools

DEC: http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/72136.html EAB Detection Fact Sheet and On-Line Survey Form– Includes step-by-step monitoring instructions

APHIS: http://beetledetectives.com/ EAB and Asian Longhorned Beetle Fact Sheets and On-Line Monitoring Form


http://beetledetectives.com/


8) Educate yourself and othersGo to CORNELL UNIVERSITY’S INVASIVE SPECIES

WEB SITE for complete up to date Emerald Ash Borer information: http://nyis.info

TALK to your local Cornell Cooperative Extension educators, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation foresters and NYS Agriculture and Markets inspectors.

http://nyis.info/


Educational Web Sites

• CCE New York Invasive Species Information Web Site: nyis.info

• NYS Department of Environmental Conservation: www.dec.ny.gov

• NYS Agriculture and Markets: www.agmkt.state.ny.us/PI/eab.html

• Emerald Ash Borer: http://www.emeraldashborer.info

http://www.nyis.info/

http://www.dec.ny.gov/

http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/PI/eab.html

http://www.emeraldashborer.info/


Credits• Presentation prepared by – Rebecca Hargrave, Horticulture and Natural

Resources Extension Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chenango County, [email protected], and

– Mark Whitmore, Forest Entomologist with Cornell University Department of Natural Resources [email protected]

• Funded by USDA/APHIS andCornell University

April 27, 2011

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