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.
  • Show MO Trees
    Interactive tree benefit information for Missouri provided by i-Tree
• Colorado (2014)
• Illinois
  • Statewide Readiness Plan (2006)
  • City of Macomb EAB Management Plan (2014)
  • Village of Homewood
    Homewood, Il has replaced all trees removed with no less than 83 other species. Total savings is just over $1 million in doing the work in-house, and disposal of all wood debris (logs to saw mills, chips to nursery industry and delivered to residents free of charge). Total number removed and replaced 2,583. A success story for sure. Contact: Jim Tresouthick at jtresouthick@homewoodil.gov for more information.
    • Municipal Response Preparing for and combating EAB (2013)
    • The Village of HomewoodEmerald Ash Borer Management, A Recapitulation 2002-2013 (2013)
• Iowa
  • Statewide Readiness Plan
  • City of Cedar Rapids EAB Management Plan (2015)
  • City of Des Moines
    • Educate, Activate, Beware (2016)
    • City of Des Moines EAB Management Plan (2016)
• Kansas (2010)
• Manitoba - Canada (2018)
• Michigan (2007)
• Minnesota (2009)
• Missouri
  • Show MO Trees
    Interactive tree benefit information provided by i-Tree
  • City of Columbia EAB Management Plan (2014)
  • City of St. Louis EAB Response Plan (2016)
• Montana (2015)
• Nebraska
  • Statewide EAB Community Readiness (2014)
  • Statewide EAB Response Plan (2015)
  • City of Bellevue EAB Response Plan (2015)
  • Wayne State College EAB Response Plan (2015)
• New York (2010)
• Ohio - Cleveland Metroparks (2011)
• Oklahoma
  • Community Forest Planning
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Ontario - Canada
  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
• Oregon

  The Oregon Department of Agriculture, the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Cities of Portland and Corvallis, Oregon State University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture led an effort among 45 agencies and developed a readiness and response plan that includes:

  • A statewide risk assessment
  • Methods of early detection
  • Quarantine and communication plans if the insect does arrive

  The plan is now available to the public and local governments at www.OregonEAB.info.

• Pennsylvania (2013)
• South Dakota (2009)
• Wisconsin (2014)
  • Dane County EAB Management Plan (2009)
  • City of Superior EAB Management Plan (2014)

Watch the spread of EAB in North America in our new timelines. Get a general sense of how EAB spread by state or take a more in depth look with our interactive map showing infestations by county.

The University of Georgia, Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health emerald ash borer images (aka the Bugwood Network).

• Information
• Research

Biosurveillance

• Cerceris fumipennis?
  2009 - A Biosurveillance Tool for Emerald Ash Borer. Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Control of Emerald Ash Borer

• New  Efficacy of Soil-Applied Neonicotinoid Insecticides for Long-Term Protection Against EAB (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
  March 2019 -- Protection of green ash trees (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marshall) from the emerald ash borer by soil applications of neonicotinoids (imidacloprid, clothianidin, and dinotefuran) was tested at five locations between 2005 and 2013. Application rate and spring versus fall application dates were evaluated in tests with neighborhood street trees and in one plantation of 65 ash trees.
• New  Seven-Year Evaluation of Insecticide Tools for EAB in Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Lamiales: Oleaceae)
  March 2018 -- Combating EAB includes the use of insecticides; however, reported insecticide efficacy varies among published studies. This study assessed the effects of season of application, insecticide active ingredient, and insecticide application rate on green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.) (Lamiales: Oleaceae) canopy decline caused by EAB over a 5- to 7-yr interval.
• Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Potential Side Effects of EAB Insecticides
  February 2011 - Research and Extension Specialists from Michigan State University, the Ohio State University OARDC and Extension, and University of Minnesota Extension have put together a comprehensive publication that addresses questions and concerns regarding insecticide use to control emerald ash borer.
• Coalition for Urban Ash Tree Conservation - EAB Management Statement
  English | French
  January 2011 -This document is an endorsement for ash tree conservation as part of integrated approach to managing emerald ash borer in urban areas, and is supported by university scientists with expertise in EAB management, commercial arborists, municipal foresters, public works officials, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
  
  • Nature Conservancy Letter of Support for the Coalition's EAB Management Statement
  • Canadian Letter of Support for the Coalition's EAB Management Statement
• Insecticide Options for Protecting Ash Trees from Emerald Ash Borer
  April 2019 - The most current, up-to-date information and research on if, when, and how to treat ash trees is available in this bulletin.
• Protecting Ash Trees with Insecticides

Educational Resources for K-12

• EAB curriculum materials for middle school science students
• EAB Educational Packet
  • How to use an ash tree poster
  • Resource guide with helpful contact numbers and links
  • Poster with smart uses for dead ash trees
  • Educational information useful to K-12 educators who wish to incorporate information on EAB as an invasive species in their curriculum

EAB and its effect on the Great Lakes -- Native American Perspective

• Ash trees, indigenous communities and the emerald ash borer
  November 2009 - Nick Reo - a general summary to describe the relationships between the indigenous communities and the natural resources of the Great Lakes region.

EAB Invasion of North America

• Emerald Ash Borer Invasion of North America: History, Biology, Ecology, Impacts, and Management
  FULL-TEXT | PDF

  • Annual Review of Entomology
    Vol. 59: 13-30 (Volume publication date January 2014)
    First published online as a Review in Advance on October 9, 2013
    DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-011613-162051

    Daniel A. Herms ¹ ,* and Deborah G. McCullough ^{2
    1} Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691; email: herms.2@osu.edu
    ² Department of Entomology and Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824; email: mccullo6@msu.edu

    *Corresponding author

Identification — EAB and Ash Trees

• Emerald Ash Borer Identification Guide
  November 2008 - There are numerous photos of EAB and other insects that look similar to EAB, as well as side-by-side comparisons. This guide is a great companion piece to the other EAB identification tools you will find on this Website.
• Emerald Ash Borer Impacts on American Indian Communities
  Emerald ash borer (EAB) infestation is a major concern for American Indian people. Many American Indian cultures and traditions rely on ash trees for the wood needed for making baskets, lacrosse sticks, pipe stems, flutes, and medicinal remedies. The ash tree is a central figure in some traditional and religious stories told by several American Indian tribes.
• Ash Tree Identification Bulletin
  2005 - Kimberly Rebek and Mary Wilson - criteria to properly identify ash trees.
• Signs and Symptoms of the Emerald Ash Borer
  Updated December 2005 - Photos showing signs of emerald ash borer. Pros and cons of insecticide treatment options.
• Native Borers and Emerald Ash Borer Look-Alikes
  February 2005 - Photos of insects that look like emerald ash borer.
• Don't be Fooled by Emerald Ash Borer Look-Alikes!
  Distinguish between these beetles that could be confused with emerald ash borer.
• Emerald Ash Borer Poster
  Poster showing the life cycle of eab, healthy and damaged ash trees, s-shaped galleries, etc.
• USDA Pest Alert newsletter
  Revised September 2008 - Deborah G. McCullough, Steven A. Katovich - a one page newsletter on how to identify eab, the biology of eab, symptoms of eab, etc.
• EAB screening aid for scientists and insect lovers
  Different Agrilus species.
• Emerald Ash Borer power point presentation | ( Spanish version )
  Kyle Meister - Power point presentation with basic information on emerald ash borer.

Management of EAB and Ash Trees

• Tools for Staging and Managing Emerald Ash Borer in the Urban Forest
  (Purdue University, 2017)
  In this study, researchers develop a model for predicting ash mortality over an eight-year period, and validated with data from the removal of >14,000 ash trees killed by EAB in Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. It was determined that strategies that most heavily relied on saving ash trees were less expensive and produced a larger forest than those strategies that mostly removed and replaced ash trees. Ratios of total discounted costs to discounted cumulative benefits of strategies that saved most ash trees were over two-thirds lower than strategies of proactive tree removal and replacement. Delaying implementation of an ash management program until damage would be visible and more obvious to the community (Year 5 of the model) decreased the cost–benefit ratio by < 5%.
• Managing Emerald Ash Borer: Decision Guide (Colorado)
  2016 - A step-by-step guide to help you manage your ash trees.
• NABB -- Neighbors Against Bad Bugs
  Public Awareness Program
• Ash Management Guidelines for Private Forest Landowners
  University of Minnesota Extension and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Chosen for a 2012 Notable Documents Award from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) for public policy, recognizing the publication as innovative in providing substantive information on contemporary issues of interest.
• The National Plant Germplasm Ash Conservation Project Website
• Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Potential Side Effects of EAB Insecticides
  February 2011 - Research and Extension Specialists from Michigan State University, the Ohio State University OARDC and Extension, and University of Minnesota Extension have put together a comprehensive publication that addresses questions and concerns regarding insecticide use to control emerald ash borer.
• Management Options for Minimizing EAB Impact in Ohio Woodlands
  January 2010 - This Ohio State University Extension publication presents alternative management strategies to minimize the impact of EAB on woodlands and existing or planned forest plantings, and identifies the consequences of adopting those strategies.
• USDA EAB Program Manual
  These New Pest Response Guidelines contain information to guide a management program for the emerald ash borer (EAB) beetle, Agrilus planipennis (Fairmaire), (Coleoptera: Buprestidae).
• Emerald Ash Borer and your Woodland
  September 2007 - Dealing with EAB as a woodland owner in Michigan & surrounding states.

Online Courses

• Emerald Ash Borer e-learning course for green industry professionals
  Purdue University Self Study Program
• Emerald Ash Borer Monitoring and Management Online Course
  Emerald Ash Borer Online Education Course The course comprises of six training modules and is hosted on the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) Training Site. The course was developed by the Virginia Tech Department of Horticulture.