EAB Awareness Week

May 22 - May 28   

Help us celebrate Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week in Minnesota. EAB Awareness Week will be observed from May 22 through May 28 in Minnesota as a part of a nationwide effort. The purpose of EAB Awareness Week is to get the message out about emerald ash borer, and in particular, how EAB moves by humans transporting wood. The last week in May was chosen to provide information about EAB and firewood before the start of the unofficial camping season-Memorial Day Weekend. Our theme for the week is: "Keep our trees safe. Use MDA certified or local firewood."

Although you may already be educating your community about emerald ash borer, here are a few suggestions to reach audiences you may have missed:

·         Talk to your church or local hotel/motel and ask them to post a message on the outdoor sign

·         Facebook post and tweet about emerald ash borer awareness week

·         Tag ash trees  

·         Ask these groups if you can set-up a talk with or for them:

o   Chamber of commerce

o   Boy or Girl Scouts

o   Kiwanis

o   Junior Leagues

o   Fraternities or sororities

o   4H

o   Audubon Societies

o   Local schools

o   Tree boards

·         Alert your local television/newspaper/radio station

·         Contact a local business or college to spell out something like "no EAB" via window lights or window shades

We hope you can help us celebrate EAB Awareness Week. Also, if you do decide to participate in an event, please let us know, and we will send an email update and post on our website the activities occurring throughout the state.

*Outreach materials are available to those who request them through the Arrest the Pest Hotline as listed at the bottom of the page. 

Sincerely,

The Minnesota EAB crew

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Flight Season is Here! Degree day map, please note map updates daily. Click to view today's degree day map The emerald ash borer flight season has arrived according to the calendar, but the actual EAB emergence is dependent on the temperature. The movement of untreated ash material is not allowed during the offical flight season (May 1 to September 1) regardless of EAB's emergence time. View the degree day map A reminder from our last email, that the initial emergence of EAB adults from trees is anticipated after accumulation of 450 degree days (base 50 degrees Fahrenheit). A degree day is a measure of accumulated heat and in this case provides a means to track how much development time EAB immature stages (within trees) have had. We have not had the accumulation of 450 degree days, so we emerald ash borer has not yet emerged for the season. Also, with regulations on movement of wood in quarantined areas, note MDA's list of ash tree waste disposal sites within the quarantined counties. We do not distinguish between ash waste disposal sites that charge and those that do not charge.

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MDA Certified Firewood

This certificate shows MDA has tested and certified the facility responsible for heat treating firewood. This firewood is safe from emerald ash borer and is allowed to move throughout Minnesota.

If certified firewood dealers would like to advertise using MDA's certified logo or have questions about advertising, please contact Liz Erickson at liz.erickson@state.mn.us.