Emerald Ash Borer Municipal Preparedness Checklist

This checklist provides a subset of the vast amount of information regarding EAB on the internet and is designed to give municipalities basic, logical steps to prepare themselves for an infestation.

Emerald Ash Borer [Agrilus planipennis (Fairmaire)] is a rapidly spreading invasive pest that is decimating ash (Fraxinus) trees in the Midwest and moving into the Southeast.  As EAB continues to spread, communities in its path will need to prepare for the inevitable decline and protection or removal of their ash tree populations.  The process of removing large numbers of ash trees from a municipality in order to reduce liability can be quite overwhelming if it is not planned for.   The internet has a vast amount of information regarding this pest and how to deal with it.  This checklist provides a subset of that information and is designed to give municipalities basic, logical steps to prepare themselves for an infestation.  Realizing that every municipality is unique, not every step may apply or the order of the steps may need to be changed.  Some steps may need to be modified, augmented, and/or worked concurrently to address the needs of some municipalities.  Resource links are provided for more detailed information.

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