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<br /> <br /> <br />Emerald Ash Borer Management Plan <br />City of St. Anthony Village, MN <br />WSB Project No. 020736-000 Page 5 <br />Photo 3: Extensive Feeding by <br />EAB Larvae, S-shaped Galleries <br />under Bark <br /> <br />Photo Credit: Emily Ball <br /> <br />4.0 Current EAB Status in City of St. Anthony Village <br />EAB was first detected in St. Anthony Village in 2016; however, was likely here <br />earlier but at levels too low to visually detect. The City of St. Anthony Village is a <br />first-ring suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota encompassing about 2.35 square miles, <br />with 24.5 miles of City streets, with a population of 9,257 residents. St. Anthony <br />Village has 6 parks and 5 City-owned facilities. It is bordered by Minneapolis, St. <br />Paul, New Brighton, Roseville and is split between two counties: Hennepin and <br />Ramsey. St. Anthony, also affectionately called "The Village" by locals, is known for <br />its small-town feel in the heart of the Twin Cities metro area. Both new and long-time <br />residents take a great deal of pride in the community, which is rich in history. <br />The City is located within the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s “generally <br />infested area” (Map 3) within the Twin Cities, meaning most ash trees have some <br />level of EAB infestation. Another way to interpret “generally infested” is that if an <br />ash tree has not been injected to protect it from EAB, there is likely some level of <br />infestation in the tree, whether you can detect it visually or not. When EAB levels <br />are low within a tree, it can be hard to detect it by a visual inspection. <br />When driving through the community, dying ash are prevalent on private <br />property and public property. St. Anthony Village has been experiencing a sharp <br />upward trajectory on the “EAB death curve” for several years.