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trees but should follow the landscape plan for their development and choose trees <br />that are approved. New planted trees should stay out of the road right of way (15 <br />feet from the curb) as not to obstruct traffic lanes and create road way damage. <br />Staff will start removing ash trees around public buildings, well houses, pavilions, <br />near park amenities and trails. Next they will then start removing ash trees along the <br />road ways and neighborhood streets. Typically the city’s road right of way extends <br />roughly 15 feet behind the curb or road edge. Ash trees in this area will be <br />investigated and measured before marked for removal. <br />Ash tree removal on public property will likely extend over the next couple of years. <br />The City is not responsible for removing trees on private property. <br />Two links below are good sources to learn more about EAB: <br />https://mntca.umn.edu/resources <br />https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/.../terrestria.../eab/index.html <br />Emerald Ash Borer <br />Washington County will remove ash trees from <br />Lake Elmo Park Reserve <br />Washington County is continuing ash tree removal within Lake <br />Elmo Park Reserve in response to the emerald ash borer. <br />Starting Nov. 15 through March 31, 2024, ash trees will be <br />removed near trails and in natural areas of the park. These <br />removals will help minimize risk to the public from falling trees <br />and will also reduce fuel loads that can increase fire risk within <br />the park. <br />To complete the work, a contractor will be using equipment to <br />cut and haul the trees to staging areas, before chipping and <br />removing debris from the site. Once work commences, ski <br />trails on the south side of Lake Elmo and the snowmobile trail <br />will be closed. Only ash trees will be removed, and new <br />bareroot trees will be planted in suitable areas in the spring of <br />2024. <br />See the county website at to view a map of ash trees. Green dots are trees to be removed, and purple <br />dots are ash trees surveyed in summer of 2023. If time and weather conditions allow, staff will also <br />remove dead or dying ash trees along the property boundaries. <br />The Minnesota Department of Agriculture website has more information about the emerald ash borer at <br />www.mda.state.mn.us/eab