Emerald Ash Borer Risk Management and Education Workshop – Feb 12, 2013
Learn from National EAB Experts
Tuesday, February 12, 2013,
Hopkins Center for the Arts–
11th & Main, Downtown Hopkins, MN
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Registration Opens 7:30 AM, Lunch 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Coffee, lunch with beverages provided.
For city, service and property stakeholders. Learn from national experts about a predictable urban forestry natural disaster.
Who Should Attend This Workshop:
- Municipality Officials
- Park and Recreation
- Tree Care Professionals
- Nursery Managers
- Lawn & Landscape Professionals
- Property Management
- Property Associations
- Homeowners/Advocates
- Golf Course Superintendents
- Arborists
- Master Gardeners
- Tree Care Advisors
- Garden Centers
- Horticulturists
- Anyone who either has ash trees they are responsible for or talks to people regarding EAB
Learn What You Can Do and Network with Leading Science, Research and Municipal EAB Experts.
Engage in EAB planning with the nations’ experts who are at ground zero in research, education and community planning about the current and anticipated impact of the Emerald Ash Borer on the urban forest resource. Representatives from EAB infested states will be on hand to share their lessons learned and benchmark what to do and what not to do in EAB planning.
“You Need to Take Action Now.”
– Chad Tinkel, City of Fort Wayne
“EAB is not like Dutch elm disease! We will lose more ash trees in the next 10 years than we lost to Dutch elm disease in 55 years.”
– City Forester, Oakville, IL
“It (the borer population) doesn’t explode instantly. It takes some time to build up. But then it explodes exponentially. There are 60 million dead ash trees in southeast Michigan alone.”
– Deb McCullough, Professor Forestry Entomology, Michigan State University
“The information is eye opening. If you have ash trees, you need to start planning now.”
– Barb Northway, City of Plymouth
| Richard Cowles, PhD The Connecticut Ag Experiment Station |
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| Chad Tinkel City of Ft. Wayne, Indiana |
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| Gary Johnson, PhD University of Minnesota |
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| Dr. Dan Herms Ohio State University |
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| Shawn Bernick, MS Rainbow Treecare Scientific Advancements |
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| Rich Hauer, PhD University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point |
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Workshop Learning Highlights:
- What You Can Do
- Treatments
- Prevention
- Business & Management Plans
- Best Solutions
- Lessons Learned from other Cities
- Impact Information
- National Research
- Financial Impacts
- Green Impact
- Community Outreach
The Time to Act is Now. You can Save a Tree from EAB.
Whether you are in an EAB infested area now or will be at some future time, to create and implement a plan to address this impending natural disaster.
By developing, communicating and implementing a plan, you will be acting in a reasonable and responsible fashion to this crisis.
Get Connected.
Officials say communities can pay now to prevent the spread of EAB by using treatments and strategic planning or pay even more later. Effective treatments and communication plans are available that will save the urban forest.
Find out the facts at the February 12 workshop.
Workshop Sponsored by the EAB Specialists from Rainbow Treecare
For registration information or complete details:
Kim Fischer
EAB Management Consultant
kfischer@rainbowtreecare.com
952-252-0532
