The Wisconsin Urban Forestry Insider
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October 31, 2008
This issue's contents:
Special Feature
Specifically Wisconsin
In the News
Emerald Ash Borer
- Tree-age Considered for EAB Control -The Capital Times
- Now is the Time for Communities to Prepare for EAB
- EAB Found in Nursery Tree -The Capital Times
- Beetle Threatens New England Trees -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Wisconsin EAB Situation Weekly Report #5
Tools For Your Job
Conferences & Seminars
EAB Stories Shared... Lessons Learned - Funding
This is the ninth entry in a ten part series compiled by DNR urban forestry staff who visited Michigan and Ohio communities dealing firsthand with EAB infestations. These entries bring to you stories shared by these communities, and offer supplemental information such as specific examples, documents, web sites and ideas you can implement to play a proactive role in facing the threat of EAB.
“Communities need to compare the cost of doing the work against the costs of not doing the work. The cost of going out for individual fallen branches is high. The cost of branches falling on vehicles is high.”
Funding EAB [PDF, 68KB] - EAB Stories Shared... Lessons Learned
Mulching Leaves In Place
With leaves now falling rapidly across Wisconsin, state environmental officials continue to remind people that composting leaves can help homeowners save money on fertilizer, save municipalities money on leaf collection, and protect the state’s air quality. The Department of Natural Resources has placed a special button on the agency’s Web site home page that offers homeowners “seven simple alternatives to open burning this fall.”
Mobilizing Volunteers to Water Trees
Casey Trees works with the District of Columbia's Urban Forestry Administration to water newly planted street trees with Ooze Tubes. Utilizing an extensive tree inventory and GIS mapping, Casey Trees has created an efficient method for mobilizing volunteers to install Ooze Tubes to water trees during the summer.
Volunteers Watering Trees [Exit DNR]
Tree and Transportation
If you missed the Alliance for Community Trees's recent webcast on Trees and Transportation, you can view and listen to the presentation online. The session is one hour and available for free. Trees Forever and Trees Columbus talk about research linking transportation safety/mobility and street trees, transcending concerns expressed by public works officials innovative partnerships that are improving trees in public right-of-ways, and community benefits due to roadside landscaping.
Trees & Transportation [Exit DNR]
Tree-age Considered for EAB Control -The Capital Times
A state government proposal would hasten the use of a pesticide used to control the spread of the emerald ash borer. The move by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection would permit the department to register pesticide products without prior federal approval for one full year. This would allow the insecticide Tree-age (pronounced like "triage") to be used in the control of the invasive pest.
Tree-age in Wisconsin [Exit DNR]
Now is the Time for Communities to Prepare for EAB
As local units of government discuss budgets and identify priorities for the upcoming year, state urban forestry specialists remind local officials to consider that a small metallic-green bug has the potential to complicate an already-challenging financial situation for Wisconsin’s cities, villages, towns, and counties. Community officials should be discussing how they will respond to an emerald ash borer (EAB) infestation before the invasive arrives, says Dick Rideout Department of Natural Resources urban forestry coordinator, “and the best time for that discussion to take place is during budget deliberations.
EAB Found in Nursery Tree -The Capital Times
The first incident of an emerald ash borer in a tree coming from a nursery has been discovered in Kenosha County in southeast Wisconsin. The state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection said the tree had been moved from a nursery in Illinois to a site in rural Kenosha County, several miles north of Silver Lake. The nursery is in Lake County, Ill.
Beetle Threatens New England Trees -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Asian long horned beetle has gained a foothold in New England, and authorities plan to cut down large numbers of infested trees and grind them up to stop the pest from spreading to the region's celebrated forests and ravaging the timber, tourism and maple-syrup industries.
Asian long horned Beetle [Exit DNR]
Wisconsin EAB Situation Weekly Report #5
Emerald ash borer has been discovered in two southeast Wisconsin counties: Ozaukee and Washington. A quarantine is currently in effect that covers those two counties and Fond du Lac and Sheboygan counties. The quarantine prohibits the movement of any ash product that could transport a life stage of the emerald ash borer. This also includes all hardwood firewood. An ICS (Incident Command System) has been designated to oversee and guide multi-agency activities in the quarantine area. Each week a situation report is compiled regarding activities.
EAB Weekly Situation Report 5, 10-17-08 [Exit DNR]
Municipal Specialist Scholarships AVAILABLE!
The International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service Urban and Community Program and Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA), has made Municipal Specialist scholarships available to eligible candidates. This scholarship is available to all Certified Arborists that meet the Municipal Specialist requirements. The eligible candidates will receive the first exam fee paid, an ISA Municipal Study Guide, and a one year membership to ISA and an ISA chapter or ISA and an SMA membership if they do not already have one. Please visit the Certification Homepage and review the ISA Municipal Specialist application to assure the requirements are met before you complete the Municipal Scholarship Application. The scholarship instructions are outlined in the application but should you have further questions in regards to eligibility or the application process please email cert@isa-arbor.com or call (217) 355-9455. Please note that scholarships are on a first-come basis and your submission should be done as soon as possible.
ISA Certified Arborist/ Municipal Specialist Application [Exit DNR]
TCI Expo - Nov. 13-15 - Milwaukee
The world’s largest tree care industry trade show and conference is coming to Milwaukee, WI Nov. 13-15, 2008 (pre-conference workshops Nov. 12)! Bring your team to EXPO for the best deals on the newest tools, heavy equipment and gear, over 60 hours of education and CEUs, and to meet and mingle with over 3,000 industry professionals. Featuring three educational tracks, demonstrations, raffles, free receptions, and the most displays of any show in the industry, TCI EXPO is not to be missed!
More Conferences & Seminars
For more conferences and seminars check out WDNR's Urban Forest website.
About the Insider
The Wisconsin Urban Forestry Insider is intended as a quick networking tool for all people actively working in the area of urban and community forestry, especially in the state of Wisconsin.
Items that cannot wait for our quarterly print newsletter, Wisconsin Urban & Community Forests, will appear here.
The Insider is produced biweekly by the Urban and Community Forestry program of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, Wisconsin. Past issues will be archived on the UF pages on the WDNR web site.
We are happy to accept your suggestions and contributions. Send them to the editor, at Laura.Wyatt@Wisconsin.gov. Or call her: 608/267-0568.
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