EAB Preparedness/Response Plans
The elements of an EAB Preparedness Plan is designed to help develop a framework for a community's plan. These elements are offered as suggestions. Any plan should be specific to a community's needs and circumstances, while being flexible and including realistic tasks, goals, timelines and budgets.
- Purdue University Cost Calculator
Use this calculator to:- Compare the annual and cumulative costs over a 25 year period for ANY management strategy that includes a mixture of tree removal, replacement, and insecticide treatment.
- Compare size of the forest remaining over a 25 year period for ANY management strategy that includes a mixture of tree removal, replacement, and insecticide treatment.
- Generate printed reports of projected costs of up to 3 management strategies at a time.
- i-Tree - Tools for Assessing and Managing Community Forests
i-Tree is a state-of-the-art, peer-reviewed software suite from the USDA Forest Service that provides urban forestry analysis and benefits assessment tools. The i-Tree Tools help communities of all sizes to strengthen their urban forest management and advocacy efforts by quantifying the structure of community trees and the environmental services that trees provide. - Michigan
(944 KB, PDF) - Illinois (2006)
- Iowa (179 KB, PDF)
- Maryland (2008)
- Minnesota
(2007)
- Oakdale, Minnesota (2009)
- Nebraska (2009)
- New York (2010)
- Ohio
- Ontario
The Emerald Ash Borer threatens to kill Oakville's 177,300 ash trees. Check out what the Town of Oakville is doing to battle this destructive foreign insect.
Video Part I | Video Part II - Pennsylvania
- South Dakota (2009)
- Wisconsin