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2 <br />RECOGNITION OF EMERALD ASH BORER <br />Signs and Symptoms of EAB include: <br /> <br />• Splitting bark and/or small “D” shaped exit holes where beetles emerge <br />• Serpentine “S” shaped larval feeding galleries underneath the bark <br />• General thinning and branch dieback of the tree canopy <br />• Increased woodpecker activity <br />• Sprouting of epicormic shoots on the trunk of the tree <br /> <br />INVENTORY <br />The City is planning on completing a tree inventory in the fall of 2022 which will inventory all <br />trees on the Right-Of-Way (ROW), parks, and open spaces. <br /> <br />TREE MANAGEMENT PLAN <br />Although it is impossible to stop the spread of invasive species like EAB, the City of Little <br />Canada’s EAB Management Plan is created to lessen the impact of the EAB on the City’s <br />landscape. The City’s Management Plan will attempt to control and prevent the spread of EAB. <br /> <br />Boulevard Trees <br /> <br />1. The City will continue the policy of excluding any new ash tree plantings in the <br />public Right-of-Way (ROW) and will prohibit citizens and businesses from the <br />continued planting of ash trees. The prohibition applies only to Fraxinus spp. (green <br />ash, white ash, black ash, and blue ash) and does not include Sorbus spp. (mountain- <br />ash). <br />2. The City will inventory any poor-quality ash trees or trees in fair condition with <br />major defects. <br />3. The City will remove any ash trees that are considered to be stressed, poor structured, <br />dead dying or diseased at no cost to the property owner. A tree removal list will be <br />started and trees will be removed on the list in proper order unless the ash trees(s) is <br />considered hazardous to the public, in which case it would be removed immediately. <br />4. The City will not remove healthy ash trees or mass amounts of ash trees that are <br />not diseased within neighborhoods heavily populated with ash trees. <br />5. The city shall allow residents to chemically treat an ash tree in the public ROW under <br />the conditions of hiring a licensed tree service that is bonded and insured, and that is a <br />State of Minnesota Licensed Commercial Pesticide Applicator using state-approved <br />trunk injection pesticides only. (Note: Chemical treatment would not preclude future <br />removal of said ash tree if deemed necessary.) <br />6. The City will not replace boulevard trees in residential areas. <br /> <br />Public Property Trees <br /> <br />1. The City will not plant any new ash trees on public property. <br />2. The City will remove poor quality tree or trees with major defects. <br />3. Ash trees in the maintained areas of the parks showing symptoms of EAB will be <br />treated or removed in accordance with the recognized best practices to slow the <br />spread to the community.