Welcome to The University of Minnesota wikispaces page for EAB Forest Management

We are preparing a grant proposal for Emerald Ash Borer Rapid Response Funds

This page is devoted to review, research and education needed as it relates to the management of forests, management prescriptions, and expectations under various potential outcomes to Minnesota's woodlands as the result of EAB.

Please post your ideas, the people who should be involved, what you propose doing, how you know it will be successful (outcomes and evaluation plan), and a budget to accomplish the work. There are other teams working on communications; and social and urban issues related to EAB.

Getting Started

• Click page at the left to go to the page you wish to add comment on or edit. Click the edit button above add content. Click save to save the changes.
• Use the discussion tab to discuss topics posted.

Comments due by Wednesday May 27, 2009

Here's an e-mail I sent to the group before I got this link - I probably should have posted the comments here.
Gary, Bob, and Mike,
OK, after looking at the notes from yesterday’s meeting I’m a little unclear who’s doing what. Gary are you included forest management and utilization in your proposal? I thought we were lumping them together but the notes don’t really imply that… (I think that’d be great if you’re willing).
The reason I asked. Yesterday, Charlie Blinn, Bob Seavey, Eli Sagor, and I met with some folks from the DNR (Keith Jacobson, Mark Lindquist, and Barb Spears) about ash (and other invasive species) utilization and silvicutlural management. As a result of this meeting we have several action items, include talking with you about getting a few things included in our rapid response proposal. Here are our thoughts:

• Hire a consultant or student to do a gap analysis (will need to start with an inventory of current data, likely with several phone calls to researchers, etc in MI, IN, and OH) on ash utilization within in forest in the wake of EAB and forest silviculture with EAB (likely a through review of SLAM – Slow Ash Mortality).
• A strategic look at wood boilers in the state and their potential capacity.

Do you think these can be included in our rapid response proposal? And who is leading that effort????

Thanks all,
Angie
PS- The DNR would be happy to write a letter of support for our proposal, just need to get them a template.


I also think Mel's idea of having a group of us go to MI to look at their active management after the gap assessment is done is a great idea. We can build our program from there.

Need Help?

Call or email Mike Reichenbach at 218-726-6460 or 218-340-4244 cell reich027@umn.edu