Emerald Ash Borer in Michigan Campgrounds

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Emerald Ash Borer in Michigan Campgrounds
Firewood Forum May 24, 2006 Katie Armstrong,
Emerald Ash Borer Liaison, USFS
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Presentation Overview

• Preparing for emerald ash borer
• Managing emerald ash borer
• Restoring tree cover

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Michigan State Parks

• 84 State Parks
• 13 State Parks in the contiguous quarantine
• 9 State Parks with outlier infestations

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Preparation

• Regulations Land Use Order of the director
• Prohibits the movement of ash onto MDNR managed
  lands

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Preparation

• Detection and monitoring
• Trap trees in State Parks

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Preparation

• Ash inventory
• 17,500 ash in Michigan State Parks developed
  areas

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Preparation

• Firewood ID training
• Staff from all state parks trained to ID ash
  firewood
• 13,000 firewood inspections in 2005

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Oak and ash are both ring-porous hardwoods, with
different latewood vessel patterns and
differing ray widths.
Latewood
Earlywood
vessels
wide ray
rays
White ash
Red oak
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Managing Infestation

• Finding the infestation
• Determine course of action
• Eradication site
• Part of an existing quarantine

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Managing Infestation

• Hazard tree evaluations
• Education and outreach

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Restoring Tree Cover

• Tree planting grants
• Transplanting natives
• Prison Grow program
• Diversity

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Special Thanks to

• George Cameron, MDNR
• Eric Cowing, South Higgins State Park
• Jason Fleming, MDNR
• Kerry Gray, MDNR
• Burr Mitchell, Brimley State Park

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For More Information

• Katie Armstrong
• Emerald Ash Borer Liaison
• karmstrong_at_fs.fed.us
• 810-844-2714