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Sherburne Soil and Water Conservation District 14855 Highway 10 •-,, • - Elk River, MN 55330 Ph. (763)241-1170 ext. 3 Fax (763)241-1161 Website: www.sherburneswcd.org SHERBURNE S O I L & W A T E R CONSERV.TON DISTRICT '7µ944m` To: Elk River City Council From: Gina Hugo, Resource Conservationist CC: Rebecca Haug, Environmental Division Michael Hecker, Parks Department Mark Thompson, Public Works Rodney Schreifels, Parks Department Date: January 25, 2013 Re: Emerald Ash Borer Preparedness The Soil &Water Conservation District is facilitating an Urban Forestry Program and is seeking participation from each of the cities within the County; including: Elk River, Becker,Zimmerman, Princeton, St. Cloud and Big Lake. The goal of the program is to initiate focused efforts to actively assess, manage and plan for urban forest resources in Sherburne County. The first two tangible objectives will address the threat of Emerald Ash Borer(EAB). The SWCD will host a series of working meetings for key city staff, in which we will develop preparedness plans specific to each individual community. In addition,the SWCD is working with the U of M,SCSU,the MN DNR,the MN Department of Agriculture and ENT "` ``t'� volunteers to complete tree inventories for each community. -1- - EAB is in Minnesota. It is and will I n n, *firm nal9 , o _ „ h Borer Detect., continue to move. EAB attacks and - 6a kills all species of ash trees—a very ° ,,.o dT-«. significant urban tree in our area .. ' ,„,,,_,«,_,«<,T.,„ During your meeting I would like to 1:4!' " ,= present a brief overview of EAB,the R.p t �urae�a threat it poses and the methods we J e o plan to implement in order to prepare for it thus protecting the UAi O urban forest in your community and { reducing budgetary impacts. Page 1 of 1