The Wisconsin Urban Forestry Insider
An electronic newsletter of breaking news and valuable information for the Urban Forest community in Wisconsin and beyond.
Ohio State University and City of Toledo cooperate on a research project investigating EAB preference for ash species and cultivars.
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November 14, 2008
This issue's contents:
Special Feature
In the News
Emerald Ash Borer
- TREE-age Receives Special Registration in Wisconsin
- EAB Quarantine Expanded in UP -Escanaba Daily Press
- Illinois EAB Newsletter
Specifically Wisconsin
- A new gold rush for Wisconsin wood? -Ashland Daily Press
- Is biomass boom an environmental bust?- Ashland Daily Press
Tools For Your Job
Conferences & Seminars
EAB Stories Shared. . . Lessons Learned - Research
This is the tenth and final 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.
EAB Research - EAB Stories Shared... Lessons Learned
Pre announcement of 2009 NUCFAC Grants
The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC) has revised its grants program and timeline for applications. The attached pre-announcement describes the new process and format. The request for proposals will be announced in late November, but interested applicants may want to get started by registering since it sounds like it may take up to two weeks for the registration step to get processed.
Trees for Success National Campaign
The Home Depot Foundation and the Arbor Day Foundation will be embarking on a nation-wide tree planting tour in spring of 2009 and would like to make a stop in your town. They are inviting folks to nominate a school or community to be selected as the recipient of 100 large trees for a planting celebration. Applications will be considered from schools (pre-K through middle schools), 501(c)(3) builders or developer of affordable housing, cities and towns, 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations, and neighborhood or community organizations. Applications will be accepted from November 5 through December 19, 2008.
TREE-age Receives Special Registration in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has issued a special local need registration ("Section 24c") for an unregistered product called TREE-age. This new special registration allows for injection of the product into the trunks of ash trees (Fraxinus species) for control of emerald ash borer. This beetle is very destructive to ash trees and is hard to detect. It has killed millions of trees in the Midwest so far (Michigan in particular has been hit hard). DATCP previously issued a different Section 24c for use of Safari (active ingredient dinotefuran) as a trunk spray for the same purpose earlier this year.
| Product name: | TREE-age |
| Active ingredient: | emamectin benzoate |
| Label ID: | WI-080005 |
| Formulation: | liquid trunk injection |
| Application site: | ash trees (Fraxinus species) |
| Expiration date: | December 31, 2009 |
This is the fifth special local need registration issued in 2008.
Access the 24c label [Exit DNR]
Additional Information on this Pest [Exit DNR]
EAB Quarantine Expanded in UP -Escanaba Daily Press
Officials with the Michigan Department of Agriculture's Pesticide and Plant Management Division are proposing new quarantine designations for three townships in Delta County and two in Schoolcraft County. EAB has now been found in five counties in the Upper Peninsula.
EAB Quarantine Expands in UP [Exit DNR]
Illinois EAB Newsletter
Current information on Illinois EAB efforts are reported in the November issue of the Illinois EAB newsletter.
A New Gold Rush for Wisconsin Wood? -Ashland Daily Press
While the Industrial Revolution changed the foundations of the United States' economy, the dependence on fossil fuels to spur it along created the need a century later for what some have dubbed a "bio-based revolution" emphasizing the use of alternative and renewable energy as the foundation of the future.
Is Biomass Boom an Environmental Bust?- Ashland Daily Press
Traditional timber harvesting focused on extracting the trunks and left the messy tops and branches, and some unmerchantable or downed logs behind in the forest or on the sawmill floor. For decades, large-scale harvesting of biomass just wasn't profitable, and the benefits to soil and wildlife kept Mother Nature from complaining. Which is why, as pellet plants sprout up across the northwoods of the Midwest and utility companies see a power-generating product amidst the slash, Wisconsin seeks to encourage the economic potential of biomass without harvesting itself out of commission.
Biomass boom or Bust? [Exit DNR]
Garden Club of America’s Urban Forestry Fellowship
Zone VI of The Garden Club of America has established a national fellowship in urban forestry for qualified U.S. students. The GCA Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry will be awarded in early 2009. With this fellowship, The Garden Club of America seeks to forward their goal of advancing our knowledge of urban forests and increasing the number of scientists in the field of urban forestry. Applications are reviewed by a selection committee at Virginia Tech composed of practicing urban forestry scientists and professionals in related fields. Final selection is endorsed by The Garden Club of America.
The fellowship is highly competitive and applicants must present clearly in their applications how they will advance the GCA’s goal of advancing urban forestry knowledge and increasing the number of practicing urban forestry scientists.
Eligibility: The fellowship is open to both advanced undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in urban forestry, forestry, horticulture, environmental studies or a closely related field at any 4-year college or university degree program in the United States.
Recipients must be U.S. students who will be enrolled as juniors or seniors or graduate students during the fellowship period. The award is for $4,000 and recipients may apply for one additional year of funding.
Application Deadline: January 31, 2009
Job Opportunity - Oregon Master Naturalist
Oregon State University Extension Service is recruiting for a full-time (1.0 FTE) Program Coordinator (professional faculty) to be located in the College of Forestry on the Corvallis Campus. This position is responsible for development and implementation of a statewide education and volunteer program to recruit, train and manage Master Naturalists throughout Oregon. Serves as representative, liaison and catalyst for the Oregon Master Naturalist Program (ORMN), a new partnership of OSU Extension Service and state or local natural resource agencies or non-profit organizations.
Oregon Master Naturalist [Exit DNR]
Marketing & Communications Webcast: November 20, 2008
The Alliance for Community Trees will be hosting the webcast, Marketing & Communications, on November 20 from 12 noon to 1:00 PM CST. The informal training provides an opportunity for community forestry practitioners to learn about successful programs and how they can be adapted to their communities.
Nonprofit marketing can be thought of as exchanges of one value for another. Instead of exchanging $2.00 for a meal deal, nonprofits exchange critical community programs for funding or referrals, knowledge and information for community support and recognition, or a feeling of good will for donations. Typically nonprofits waste valuable resources and opportunities in substituting promotion activities for marketing strategy. A good urban forestry marketing plan can leverage even a minimal marketing budget to effectively focus on county legislators, a specific neighborhood, or a specific zip code- not the general public. A target audience of soccer moms may want to know how trees help improve their property values, while business owners may want to know about economic impacts of trees.
Marketing & Communications [Exit DNR]
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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