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 You will have to scroll down... The village is contributing 1/2 the cost for triage treatment for the first year. Click on
management plan below.

Imagine there are no ash trees
it's easy if you try
no canopies or branches
and above us only sky

Imagine there is no treatment
to eliminate this pest
and all the efforts put forth
will save a few at best

Then imagine how you'd feel
if you watched them slowly die
while you stood and did nothing
it's enough to make one cry        BB

The Emerald Ash Borer is just under 1/2 " in length.  There are 900 ash trees in Ivy Hill.     Ivy Hill map

Be advised we are in the information gathering stage in this on-going process.  Send an email if you would like to participate.
 

1) The trees with green ribbons are Ash trees (this does not mean they are infested).
2) The village is currently investigating possibilities of saving some of our ash trees and is encouraging residents participation.
3) A tree near Arlington Hts. and Hintz was removed because it was infested.
4) It is highly probable our area will become infested. We are in a 6 county quarantine zone.
5) If you notice an infested tree call Arl.Hts. Forestry Dept. before treating 847-368-5841 Look for extra squirrel and woodpecker activity, then thin crowns as they leaf.
6) For prevention, consider "Treeage" trunk injection from a company with a staffed certified arborist like Hendrickson, Davey or Brown.
       check that they have been in business 5 years and use staffed certified arborists that do the treatment.

       Do not get taken by a fly by night company!!! Never walk with someone into your yard with the front door unlocked.
Do not deal with any door solicitors. This is a common burglary approach.

We will be trying to coordinate solutions to this problem, and take a realistic approach. Stay tuned to see what our research brings,
you will get the good, the bad and the ugly.Ivy Hill map

Arlington Hts.
Management Recommendations

Public Property Trees Our management plan will consist of a number of procedures that will focus on maintaining a healthy urban forest and diversifying our overall tree inventory. Due to the rapid spread of EAB in other states before us, early and quick action will be vital to the operation of a successful program. Our goal will be to act as soon as possible and as budgetary constraints allow. Public property ash trees will be assessed during our inventory updates and fit into three categories: “Infested Tree – Removal Necessary”, “No Action at This Time”, and “People’s Choice” tree as described below.


EAB Removal Program
The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) has established guidelines for recognizing EAB infested tree. There are eight identifiable signs and symptoms that a tree may be infested with EAB (crown dieback, epicormic sprouting or suckers, bark splits, D-shaped exit holes in the bark, S-shaped larval galleries under the bark, presence of larvae, woodpecker damage to the outer bark, and presence of adult beetles). If two or more of these signs and symptoms are present or the tree is at least 50% dead, we will consider the tree infested and it will be removed. In addition if the tree is determined to be in decline (by our certified Forestry staff), and/or the tree is exhibiting splitting or decay/hollowness the tree will be removed. No treatment will be allowed to be done on these trees. The tree will be removed by the Village as time and budget allows.


“No Action Necessary” Trees
These trees do not show two or more signs or symptoms of infestation or greater than 50% canopy decline. These trees appear to be healthy and do not need any action at this time. Removal of these trees will be put off until EAB infestation or any other causes of decline are present.

“People’s Choice” Trees
These trees do not fall within category A or B. A resident may choose to fund a treatment application on a “People’s Choice” tree; they will be required to obtain permission from the Village Forester with the understanding that the Village has the right to remove the tree for any justifiable reason. Payment for treatment will be the responsibility of the homeowner. Homeowners must realize that treatments are anticipated to be required for approximately the next twenty years.

Signs and Symptoms
Crown Dieback
Dieback of the upper and outer crown begins to occur after multiple years of EAB larval feeding. Trees begin to show dead branches throughout the canopy, thus resulting in leaf loss. Foliage in the top of the tree may be thin and discolored.

Epicormic Sprouting
Stressed trees will attempt to grow new branches and leaves where they still can. Trees may sucker excessively both at the base of the tree and on the trunk, often just below where the larvae are feeding.

Bark Splits
Vertical splits in the bark are caused due to callus tissue that develops around larval galleries. Larval galleries can be seen beneath bark splits. Signs

D-Shaped Emergence Holes
As adults emerge from under the bark they create an emergence hole – 1/8 inch in diameter and D-shaped.

S-Shaped Larval Galleries
As larvae feed under the bark they wind back and forth, thus creating galleries that are packed with frass sawdust and follow a serpentine pattern.

Larvae
Larvae are cream colored, slightly flattened, and have pincher-like appendages at the end of their abdomen. Mature larvae reach 1 ˝ inches in length and all larvae are found feeding beneath the bark.

Adults
Adult beetles are metallic green in color and are 3/8 – 1/2 inch in length and 1/16 inch in width. Adult’s area flat on the back and rounded on their underside.

Woodpecker Damage
Damage occurs from woodpeckers drilling through the bark of trees to forage for larvae located under the bark. White patches of bark are observed on trunks and branches and feeding is typically evident higher in the tree where EAB prefers to initially infest.

Decline
Refers to progressive loss of vigor and health, not to any specific disease or disorder. Trees decline for many reasons, sometimes as the result or a single disease or damaging environmental factor but often as a result of several environmental and biotic factors acting in concert or in sequence. Decline results from the action of stressing factors over periods of years.

 Bayer Advanced Tree and Shrub

 

Here are three reputible companies:
Jim Glazebrooke of Davey Trees 847-537-4340 approx 175.00 for under 20", the price will increase with diameter.
Travis Hofer The Care of Trees  847-394-3903
Martin Labahn Brown Tree Service (I call him the tree guru) 847-437-4004 Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.
 http://www.emeraldashborer.info/files/MultiState_EABpos.pdf

 

 

Emamectin benzoate and specific formulations of imidacloprid are injected directly into the base of the tree trunk. Systemic insecticides are
transported within the vascular system of the tree from the roots and trunk to the branches and leaves. This reduces hazards such as drift of pesticide to
non-target sites and applicator exposure that can be associated with spraying trees with broad-spectrum insecticides, and has less impact on beneficial
insects and other non-target organisms. Many products registered for control of EAB can be applied only by licensed applicators. In all cases, the law
requires that anybody applying pesticides comply with instructions and restrictions on the label.