The State is Covered in Purple!
 Trappers have completed placing 3000+ traps in ash trees throughout the state. The traps will checked up to 2 times for EAB this summer before they are taken down.
You can help out in this effort by calling the Arrest the Pest
Hotline (see below) to report any downed traps:
651-201-6684 (Metro)
1-888-545-6684
(Greater Minnesota)
Arrest.the.Pest@state.mn.us
You can find the interactive survey map in upper left-hand bar of this newsletter.
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Storm Season
WiMary Ann Hansen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org
 | th the recent blast of severe weather, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) would like to remind everyone to not transport ash tree debris out of Ramsey, Hennepin and Houston Counties!
Limbs and branches can make a mess of your lawn. If it's from an ash tree, be sure to dispose of the wood at your nearest yard and tree waste dump site. If you are hiring out the work, please remind your tree care and landscaping professional to keep ash in the Counties of Ramsey, Hennepin and Houston.
Compliance Agreements are available to those companies that would like ability to transport ash and firewood out of the quarantine. Treatment requirements must be met. Please contact Michael Rynders for more information:
651-201-6244
Michael.Rynders@state.mn.us
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Thousand Cankers Disease
The MDA is collaborating with the Forest Service (USFS) in a targeted
survey to locate walnut trees in Minnesota with unexplained dieback. The MDA is
asking people already on the lookout for EAB in southern Minnesota, including
First Detectors, to watch for unexplained dieback of walnut. If someone finds a
suspect tree or site, he/she is asked to fill out the survey form, which requests the location and general description of the tree or site.
For more information please visit My Minnesota Woods, or to request a hard copy of the survey form, please contact:
Kathryn Kromoy, MDA
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