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Emerald Ash Borer Management Plan City of St. Anthony Village, MN WSB Project No. 022315-000 Page 19 risk. This type of program would be useful in situations where an individual loses a job, experiences a death in the family, or for an individual on a fixed- income due to retirement status or disability. Occasionally, the sheer number of ash trees planted on a single-family lot creates an enormous financial burden – where treatment or removal are both out of reach for the property owner. 9.0 Ash Wood Disposal The strategies used to dispose of ash wood must meet the current Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) quarantines, which are established by county. Ramsey and Hennepin Counties are both under a quarantine. The quarantine allows movement of wood within other quarantined counties, but prohibits removing any of the following from a quarantined county into a non-quarantined county:  The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis ),  Ash trees (Fraxinus spp.), ash limbs and branches, ash stumps and roots, ash logs, ash lumber, ash chips, ash bark chips, and  Firewood of any hardwood (deciduous) species. City Staff have historically utilized Ramsey County’s agreement with District Energy in St. Paul to handle wood and wood chips from tree removals and pruning work. St. Anthony Village residents are also encouraged to dispose of wood at Ramsey County Yard Waste sites. If wood is being chipped, it must be chipped into 1-inch by 1-inch sections to kill larvae and prevent them from maturing. When hauled to a wood tipping site, it is often double ground and heat-treated for mulch, or burned for energy. Currently, the State of Minnesota does not have a uniform and organized wood disposal strategy and there are significant concerns about the volume of wood that EAB will produce in the next ten years. There are also concerns about the increase in wood tipping fees that are paid by tree contractors, and the few locations that are equipped to accept and utilize ash wood. Keeping ash wood out of the waste stream is another benefit to preserving ash by injection. 10.0 Reforestation and Canopy Replacement According to the Growing Shade Tool, produced by the Metropolitan Council in 2021, the City of St. Anthony Village’s tree canopy cover is 33.7 percent. The remaining 66 percent of St. Anthony Village includes cover types such as water, grass/forb, and impervious surfaces such as homes, parking lots and streets.  Other cities and townships across the Twin Cities region average 27.8 percent tree canopy cover. While St. Anthony Village is above average in canopy coverage, the goal for most cities is to have an average of 45 percent tree canopy coverage so increasing that percentage over time should be a priority that could tie in with Green Steps Cities or other sustainability goals (Growing Shade Tool, Metropolitan Council). Additionally, the 33.7 percent canopy cover is an average; there are some areas of the City that are lower, and others that are higher. Using the data provided