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From: [email protected] To: *RVParksCommission Subject: Online Form Submittal: Contact Parks and Recreation Commission Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 7:54:25 AM Caution: This email originated outside our organization; please use caution. Contact Parks and Recreation Commission Please complete this online form and submit. Subject: Willow Pond Contact Information Name: Gayle Stage Address: 1246 Willow Ln City: Saint Paul State: MN Zip: 55113 How would you prefer Email to be contacted? Remember to fill in the corresponding contact information in the fields below. Phone Number: 6122690466 Email Address: [email protected] Please Share Your Since environmental measures were implemented Fall of 2018 to Comment, Question or improve ecology of Bennett Lake, Willow Pond has become an Concern eyesore rather than a thing of beauty. As a resident with home on Willow Pond I am very disappointed with the gross view I now have, especially when I consider the higher property tax I pay to live on said pond. Gayle Stage 1246 Willow Lane Unless restricted by law, all correspondence to and from Roseville City government offices, including information submitted through electronic forms such as this one, may be public data subject to the Minnesota Data Practices Act and/or may be disclosed to third parties. Situation Update EAB Minnesota Date and Time Completed: June 6, 2018, 2:00 PM Update Period: December 5, 2018 to June 5, 2019 New Finds EAB was found in Sauk Centre in Stearns County. An Open House was held May 9th to educate Stearns County residents about the quarantine and to answer any EAB questions they had. EAB was confirmed in the cities of Oakdale, Lanesboro, North St. Paul, Fridley, Lewiston, Lake St. Croix Beach, Inver Grove Heights, Circle Pines, North Oaks, Minnetonka, and Castle Rock Township near Farmington. SURVEY The MDA trained many cities on visual survey techniques. The MDA’s EAB Best Management Practice guidelines had the EAB active flight period begin on May 2. The two areas circled in red have accumulated enough degree days for EAB to begin emerging. The majority of the state hasn’t been warm enough for emergence. The MDA assessed winter impacts on EAB during sampling efforts this spring at Fort Snelling State Park, Sauk Centre and Duluth. Many larvae were visibly discolored and dead at the point of sampling. Larvae that appeared healthy and were not injured during sampling were removed from trees and held in a warm area. Over a period of a few days the larvae were periodically prodded and any that moved at some point were counted as alive, any larvae that failed to move at any point were counted as dead. Based on the data we estimate the following levels of EAB mortality at these sites (temperature estimates from MN DNR Climate Data, www.dnr.state.mn.us/climate/index.html): o 82-99% EAB mortality at Sauk Centre, air temperature dropped below -30 degrees Fahrenheit o 67-89% EAB mortality at Duluth, air temperature dropped below -30 degrees Fahrenheit o 40-86% EAB mortality at Fort Snelling, air temperature dropped below -20 degrees Fahrenheit o The low end of each estimate is the percentage of larvae that were visibly discolored and dead, the high end includes the larvae that were not discolored but did not move while being held under warm conditions. In each infested area, at least some portion of the population survived and populations will quickly rebound over the next couple years if we don’t see the same cold temperatures. REGULATORY NOTICE: No Regulated Articles are legally allowed to move outside of a quarantine (untreated or treated), unless they are accompanied by a certificate or limited permit. Certificates and limited permits are only available when a compliance agreement is signed between the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the firm interested in moving the regulated article. Emerald ash borer (EAB) was identified in Stearns County, Minnesota in the City of Sauk Centre in a residential area. An emergency quarantine was placed on Stearns County immediately after receiving confirmation by USDA APHIS PPQ identifiers. No comments were received during the 45 day public comment period. The formal quarantine is now in effect. Nine (9) compliance agreements were renewed or created this reporting period. There are ten (10) certified firewood producers in Minnesota. The comment period regarding changes to EAB regulations in the event of federal deregulation ended last Friday. A total of 10 comments were received and based on the comments, we have revised our plan going forward. We had proposed to limit regulated firewood to only ash, but based on the comments received we have reverted to all hardwood firewood as is currently regulated. Changes to our proposal were announced to partners and stakeholders today. No change will occur unless USDA proceeds with federal deregulation of EAB in which case MDA will begin regulating movement into the state in place of USDA. Katy Mutschler is no longer the EAB regulatory contact, Danielle DeVito is now the EAB regulatory lead along with other Nursery Inspectors. OUTREACH MDA Redesigned MDA EAB website, www.mda.state.mn.us/eab. The MDA has a request for proposals open for invasive species advertising. Interested advertising agencies can contact Jennifer Burington for the details of the RFP, [email protected]. EAB Field Workshops were held at Historic Fort Snelling, Clearwater, and Duluth. Regional Meetings in Detroit Lakes in February and the webinar online in March with an attendance of around 100 between the two. Stages of EAB Grief was presented at the Shade Tree Short Course with an attendance over 75. An EAB workshop and delimit survey in Clearwater in mid-December. Staff from Wright, Sherburne and Stearns County along with the city of Clearwater all participated. DNR science chat webinar, approximately 100 people attended Two separate presentations on EAB and regulations were given at the Forest Health workshop in Walker to about 130 people. North Dakota foresters visited EAB-infested trees in Eagan this week. Jennifer, Angie, Jon and Marissa presented general EAB information and highlighted our Guidelines to Slow the Growth and Spread of EAB. The foresters were also able to get an up-close experience with EAB-infested trees in a park and find some larvae. Jennifer presented EAB information to 61 cities and townships in Stearns County at their annual weed meeting. It was a great turn out with lots of good questions about the new Sauk Centre EAB infestation. Jennifer met with Val Cervenka (DNR) and Jeff Hahn (U of M) to redesign the EAB look-alike handout. It is one of the most requested handouts that we have. DNR Troy Holcomb, DNR Cooperative Forest Management (CFM) Forester helped the city of Aitkin plan and host a volunteer-based EAB community survey to check for ash with signs of EAB. Total of 14 volunteers worked for two hours during two days in April. Rachel Nicoll, Forest Health Specialist, and John Korzeniowski, Little Falls Area Forest Supervisor, attended MDA’s Stearns County EAB Open House at Sauk Centre City Council Chambers on May 9. Rachel answered some questions posed by the audience and both talked to a few homeowners. Mark Miller, forester in the Winona area, discussed EAB with a half dozen landowners. DNR loaned EAB costume to two cities in April for their Arbor Day events. Developing EAB and climate change content for Forestry State Fair displays. Tony Miller, CFM forester, shared about the threat of EAB to 150 third grade students and teachers at the Forestry Field Day in St. Croix State Park on May 23-24. Ben West, CFM forester, covered EAB at the April Outdoor Expo in International Falls to about 500 people. Ben West also met with the mayor, city council, and public works of International Falls on May 27 to inform them about the threat of EAB. University of Minnesota Wasp Watchers staff presented at four meetings including a MDA EAB webinar, county Master Gardener and Master Naturalist volunteer groups, and the Natural Resources Symposium hosted by the Natural Resource Association of Graduation Students at the University of Minnesota. There was a total of 355 participants at these events. There will be 18 Wasp Watchers field trainings in July of 2019. These 1.5 hour long field trainings will provide opportunities to learn about the EAB biosurveillance process with hands-on opportunities to try it yourself. Equipment will be provided and participants will learn to identify the Cerceris wasp and nests and learn how to use an aerial insect net to capture the wasp and collect its buprestid beetle prey. These trainings are free and open to the public. For more information and to register to attend, please visit the Wasp Watchers website: http://waspwatchers.umn.edu (under the News and Events tab). o Saturday, July 6 at Forest Heights Park, North Mankato at 1:00-2:30pm o Sunday, July 7: Pine Island 5-12 School, Pine Island, 11:00am-12:30pm o Sunday, July 7: Herb Vik Athletic Field, Mazeppa, 1:00-2:30pm o Monday, July 8 at Wakondiota Park, Frontenac at 11:00am-12:30pm o Monday, July 8 at Twin Bluff Middle School, Red Wing at 1:00-2:30pm o Tuesday, July 9 at Monroe School, North Mankato at 1:00-2:30pm o Wednesday, July 10 at Tolzmann Park, Wyoming at 1:00-2:30pm o Thursday, July 11 at Rice Lake Elementary, Lino Lakes at 1:00-2:30pm o Friday, July 12 at City Park, Upsala at 11:00am-12:15pm o Friday, July 12 at Swanville Elementary School, Swanville at 12:30pm-1:45pm o Friday, July 12 at Cushing Community Park, Cushing at 2:15pm-3:30pm o Saturday, July 13 at Marine Elementary, Marine on St.
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