Community Ash Tree Survey Project Workshop

May 3, 2018 START: 5:00 PM END: 7:00 PM

at the Akwesasne Housing Authority. The focus of this meeting will center on the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) community volunteer program and it key components:

• The background and life cycle of EAB
• EAB impacts to tribal community forests
• How many trees are needed and why community members are being asked to help
• View the sampling map
• How community members can participate
• How an ash tree is girdled
• Ash tree peeling in the fall and information about a fall workshop

For more information, contact the Environment Division at (518) 358-5937. Presented to you by the SRMT Forestry Resources Program, in collaboration with the US Forest Service and USDA-Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS).