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Public Works Staff Report <br />City of Mounds View Partners with Minnesota DNR on Communitv <br />Forestry Project <br />If you got a chance to spend time outside at Silver View Park this winter, you may have noticed some <br />interesting new signage adorning many of the parks ash trees. <br />The City of Mounds View has recently partnered with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources <br />(MNDNR) on a community forestry project aimed at reducing the impacts of Emerald ash borer (EAB) on <br />urban forests and replanting those spaces with a diverse array of tree species. <br />EAB was first identified in Mounds View in 2017, and since then, the Forestry department has been <br />committed to diligently removing hazard ash trees in public spaces. While some ash trees will be <br />treated with a preventative insecticide and remain indefinitely, the majority of ash trees in maintained <br />public areas have been removed as part of a ash tree hazard mitigation program that will end in 2022. <br />This last push, paid for largely by a MNDNR 2021 Shade Tree Program Bonding Grant, will seek to <br />remove many of the City's few remaining ash trees in maintained public areas and replant them with at <br />least 70 new trees representing 14 different Midwest native tree species. This increased diversity will <br />ensure that Mounds Views urban forests are diverse and resilient for years to come. <br />31 Page <br />