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FROM THE EDITOR A Unified Effort to Combat EAB Emerald ash borer (EAB) currently impacts 15 states, as well as Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It attacks North American ash species (green, white, blue and black) and threatens to kill millions more as it continues to spread. University researchers and extension specialists; tree and land care com- pany representatives; non-governmental organizations; municipal arborists and foresters; as well as a representative from Valent Professional Products, are joining together to help clarify misconceptions about EAB management options and bring a unified voice to EAB management strategies. As part of that effort, the newly formed Coalition for Urban Ash Tree Conservation (CUATC) recently released an EAB Management Statement that provides stakeholders with recommendations on how to approach EAB management in urban landscapes. The 20 co-signatories who helped craft the EAB Management Statement said they “strongly endorse ash tree conservation as a fundamental compo- nent of integrated programs to manage EAB in residential and municipal landscapes. Cost-effective, environmentally sound EAB treatment protocols are now available that can preserve ash trees through peak EAB outbreaks with healthy canopy intact. Used in association with tree inventories and strategic removal/replacement of unhealthy ash, tree conservation will help maintain maximum integrity and value of urban forests.” The EAB Management Statement is already being distributed to stake- holders at local levels, with the hope that it will help encourage conservation of urban forests and provide accurate information about currently registered treatment options. “This document will help increase alignment between different groups —governmental, scientific and the arborists — regarding EAB manage- ment,” said Dr. Joe Chamberlin, regional field development manager for Valent Professional Products. “It emphasizes the point that conservation of healthy ash trees is more sensible in many cases — from economic, environmental and public safety perspectives — than tree removal.” CUATC emphasizes the strong scientific support for an integrated approach to management. The coalition then lists the three chemical options for EAB control that have been registered by the Environmental Protection Agency: dinotefuran, emamectin benzoate and imidacloprid. “When applied using formulations, products, and protocols docu- mented as effective by university research, these treatments can provide environmentally sound control of EAB, sufficient to maintain a functional and aesthetically pleasing ash canopy,” the coalition stated. Brad Bonham, a certified arborist and municipal consultant from the Cincinnati area who compiled and edited the document, described the process of getting 20 signatures on a common document as “a huge task.” “But everyone was very committed to the John Kmitta Editor 847-720-5613 jkmitta@m2media360.com 6 Arbor Age / March 2011 process and brought different points of view to the table,” Bonham said. “There were tremen- dous insights and there was a tremendous desire to achieve a common statement that would be universally applicable and useful in the field, where people are making these decisions about ash trees and their inventory.” To read the EAB Management Statement in full, or for more information about CUATC, visit www.emeraldashborer.info/files/conserve_ash.pdf. www.arborage.com 6 1030 W. 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