Identifying ash trees

• Ash tree identification (City of London)

Emerald ash borer detection

Visual detection of emerald ash borer:

• Survey guide for detection of emerald ash borer (Natural Resources Canada/Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
• A visual guide to detecting emerald ash borer damage (Natural Resources Canada)
• Emerald ash borer: a guide to identification and comparison to similar species (Michigan State University)
• Jewel beetle field guide (download) (produced by Canadian Food Inspection Agency and collaborators)

Traps and lures:

• Synergy Semiochemicals
• Distributions Solida

Branch sampling:

• Detection of emerald ash borer in urban environments using branch sampling (Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service)

Tree inventory

• i-Tree Tools for assessing and managing community forests (USDA Forest Service)

Managing woodlots for EAB

• Preparing for emerald ash borer: a landowners guide to managing ash forests (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
• Suggested prescriptions for managing ash in farm woodlots
• Ash management: emerald ash borer (Michigan Department of Natural Resources)

Urban ash wood utilization

For homeowners:

• Toronto directory of urban wood products and services (City of Toronto)
• Urban wood utilization Initiative (LEAF)
  This website features resources for southern Ontario residents

Emerald ash borer management plans

• City of Peterborough
• Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

EAB emergence, and TreeAzin™ treatment start dates:

• BioSIM forecast (BioForest Technologies).

Finding an arborist, forester or service provider

• BioForest Technologies listing of licensed TreeAzin™ providers.
• Guidelines for hiring tree care services to manage urban trees (Produced by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Commercial Arborist Association and City of Toronto)
• Ontario Woodlot Association Forest Services Directory

Financial and logistics support programs

• LEAF residential planting programs (For southern Ontario)

Networking

• Canadian Urban Forest Network listserv
  Post questions about municipal management of EAB on this listserv
• LinkedIn interest groups such as ASCA Consulting Arborists, International Society of Arboriculture, and Urban Forestry have active discussion on aspects of EAB; Urban Forest Products Alliance has discussions on urban wood utilization

General information about EAB

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  General information as well as regulatory information
• Canadian Forest Service
  An overview of EAB as well as some Canadian research on EAB
• Emerald ash borer university
  Webinars on various EAB topics. *Not all information provided in these webinars is applicable in Canada.
• Emerald ash borer information
  Information on various EAB topics can be found at the EAB Info website. *Not all information found on this U.S. site is applicable to Canada.

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