Section 1. Introduction to EAB

This section provides background information on EAB. It is important to understand the history and biology of EAB in order for a community to prepare for its arrival.

1. Pest Alert-Emerald Ash Borer (PDF)
2. Do I Have EAB? (PDF: 245 KB / 1 page)
3. Ash Tree Identification (PDF: 7.95 MB / 2 pages)
4. Signs and Symptoms of EAB (PDF)
5. Map of EAB in USA (PDF)

Section 2. Managing EAB

This Section provides valuable information about how to prepare for managing EAB in a community. It includes general guidelines, recommendations, and examples of community readiness plans.

1. Template Community Preparedness and Response Plan for Emerald Ash Borer (PDF: 1.87 MB / 6 pages)
2. EAB Readiness Checklist
3. Guidelines for Managing EAB in MN Communities (PDF)
4. EAB Lessons Learned in Michigan and Ohio (PDF)
5. Sample Shade Tree Pest Ordinance (PDF)
6. Use of the EAB Cost Calculator to Manage Your Forest Within Your Budget
7. Best Management Practices for Known EAB Infested Areas (PDF: 181 KB / 1 page)
8. Response Organization-Incident Command System for EAB and Community Involvement 
9. Emerald Ash Borer Community Preparedness Plans from Minnesota
   1. City of St. Paul
   2. City of Minneapolis Parks & Recreation Board (PDF)
   3. City of Rochester (PDF)

Section 3. Tree Inventories and Replacement

This section provides information about how to prepare for tree inventories, assessment, and replacements. An important part of preparing for and responding to EAB is knowing how many ash trees a community has and developing a plan to increase species diversity. This will help the community gain a better understanding of what the impacts of the pest will be, and become more resilient to pest attacks.

1. Community Forest Inventory Decision Model (PDF)
2. A Statistical Method for the Accurate and Rapid Sampling of Urban Street Tree Populations (PDF)
3. i-Tree Tool
4. Urban Tree Risk Management System
5. To Protect the Urban Forest: Diversify
6. Plant Selector Program Tool
7. The Road to a Thoughtful Street Tree Master Plan (PDF)
8. Recommended Trees for Northwest and Central Minnesota
   1. Recommended Conifers (PDF)
   2. Recommended Deciduous (PDF)
9. Recommended Trees for Southeast Minnesota
   1. Recommended Conifers (PDF)
   2. Recommended Deciduous (PDF)
10. Recommended Trees for Southwest Minnesota
    1. Recommended Conifers (PDF)
    2. Recommended Deciduous (PDF)
11. Recommended Trees for Northern Tallgrass Prairie
    1. Recommended Conifers (PDF)
    2. Recommended Deciduous (PDF)
12. Certified, Licensed or Qualified Contact Lists

Section 4. Quarantine and Regulatory Information

This section provides information about the EAB Quarantine. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is responsible for enacting and enforcing the quarantine on an interstate level (movement from one state to another). The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is responsible for enacting and enforcing the quarantine on an intrastate level (movement within the state). The quarantine locations, requirements and restrictions will change as EAB is found in new locations, please visit the MDA’s EAB Quarantine webpage for up to date information.

1. Minnesota Department of Agriculture EAB Quarantine 
2. Questions and Answers about the About EAB Quarantine & Compliance Agreements
3. Questions and Answers: Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine (PDF)

Section 5. Firewood Information

This section is designed to provide valuable information about firewood. It is important to note that firewood poses a high risk of transporting EAB. Firewood is regulated under the EAB Quarantine and may be subject to other restrictions as well. Visit the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources firewood webpage for more information.

1. Firewood Restrictions & Safe Handling Guidelines
2. Firewood Alert Brochure (PDF: 821 KB / 2 pages)
3. What’s in That Woodpile (PDF)

Section 6. Insecticide Options

This section provides information on research conducted by a collaboration of universities on insecticide options for treating individual trees for EAB. It includes recommendations from universities and agencies on when to treat, how to treat, which trees to treat and what environmental factors to consider.

1. Homeowner Guide to Insecticide Selection, Use and Environmental Protection (PDF: 848 KB / 4 pages)
2. Insecticide Options for Protecting Ash Trees from EAB (PDF)
3. Insecticide Options for Protecting Ash Trees from EAB (PDF)

Section 7. Wood Utilization

This section provides ideas for utilization of the ash trees that will need to be removed as a result of EAB. It is important to prepare for utilization or disposal of a community’s ash trees before EAB arrives.

1. Markets for Urban Wood - With Emphasis on Ash (PDF)
2. Sawmill & Dry Kiln Listing for the Metro and Surrounding Areas (PDF)
3. Community Urban Wood Utilization Planning Worksheet (PDF)
4. Ash Wood Utilization
5. Use of Urban and Development Site Trees for Lumber (PDF)
6. Utilizing Municipal Trees - Municipalities
7. Ash Tree Waste Disposal Sites within Hennepin-Ramsey-Houston County
   

Section 8. Outreach Material (Copies Available By Request)

This section provides information about resources that are available to help educate members of a community, including residents, staff, council members, boards, community groups, and others. Some of these materials are available as printed documents and others are available as digital copies. For more information about requesting copies for distribution, please contact the Arrest the Pest Hotline at 651-201-6684 (Metro) or 888-545-6684 (Greater Minnesota).

1. EAB Regulatory Review Newsletter
2. Handouts, flyers, poster, miscellaneous
   1. EAB: A Threat to Trees Factsheet
   2. Pest Alert – Emerald Ash Borer (PDF)
   3. EAB: Considerations for Homeowners before Selecting a Treatment Strategy (PDF: 848 KB / 4 pages)
   4. Insects in Minnesota That May be Confused with Emerald Ash Borer
   5. EAB Laminated Fact Cards
   6. EAB Folding Tent Cards
   7. EAB The Green Menace Brochure (PDF)
   8. EAB Informational Poster
   9. EAB Most Wanted Flyer (PDF)
   10. Minnesota Conservation Volunteer EAB Alert Booklet
   11. Do I have EAB Checklist (PDF: 176 / 2 pages)
   12. Best Management Practices for Known EAB Infested Areas (PDF: 181 KB / 1 page)
   13. Educational EAB Billing Insert (PDF: 2.04 MB / 1 page)
   14. Wood Boring Characteristics Booklet
   15. Firewood Bookmark
   16. Firewood Alert  (PDF: 821 KB / 2 pages)
   17. Don’t Move Firewood Bumper Magnets
   18. Unwanted Table Top Display (PDF)
   19. Tree Owner’s Manual (Can be customized for a community) (PDF)
   20. Mulch Flyer (Can be customized for a community) (PDF: 224 KB / 2 pages)
3. Handouts available in alternate languages
   1. EAB The Green Menace (Spanish) (PDF)
   2. EAB The Green Menace (Hmong) (PDF)
   3. Do I have EAB? (Spanish) (PDF: 423 KB / 1 page)
   4. Emerald Ash Borer Questions and Answers (Spanish) (PDF: 87 KB / 2 pages)
   5. Emerald Ash Borer Questions and Answers (Hmong) (PDF: 86 KB / 2 pages)
4. Presentation on EAB with speaker notes (PDF: 5.52MB / 74 pages)
5. Videos Available 
6. Presenters Available