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PART III - CONTROL PROGRAM <br /> �) Date that the applicant's Shade Tree Disease Control Program was approved <br /> (2) Give a statement of long-term and short-term goals for the Control Program._________-___ <br /> The goal of the St. Anthony- program is to contain the spread of <br /> Dutch Elm and Oak Wilt until such time as a financially feasible <br /> preventative is available or until such time as our reforestation <br /> program can began to replace the elms particularly with other <br /> species. <br /> i <br /> I <br /> (3) Assess the effectiveness of the applicant's Control Program. (Continue on additional i <br /> sheet if space is inadequate. ) <br /> ! <br /> St. Anthony's loss of elms and oaks appears to be substantially lower ' <br /> than neighboring communities, both in numbers and percentage wise. <br /> St. Anthony has a rather extensive trimming and chipping program for ! <br /> • boulevard trees and we provide chipping service for trimming of trees <br /> located on private property. We plan to continue those programs along <br /> with our detection program. <br /> i <br /> I <br /> (4) Discuss the problems of the control program; administrative, technical, and any others, c <br /> (Continue on additional sheet if space is inadequate. ) ' <br /> It takes too long to .have samples of diseased trees tested and returned i <br /> to the city and many samples from trees that are obviously very sick <br /> are returned as negative but with no explanation of what the problem <br /> is. Testing service has ended too early in the fall in some past years. k <br /> Subsidy should be extended to some privL�Ce nonresidential property ie <br /> cemeteries and private non profit organizations such as the Salvation <br /> Army. St. Anthony has over 300 acres of land extensively covered with <br /> elms and oaks that fall into the above classification. <br /> Ii <br /> I <br /> 4 _ 8175 AGR 3E <br /> I <br />