EAB-Resistant Ash Provide Hope for Ash Restoration – Workshop at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County Will Teach You How to Find and Report Them
- Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), an invasive beetle, is killing almost all the native ash trees in our region. However, a small percentage of the trees have some resistance to this pest, and can stay healthy years after the rest of the trees have died – these trees are known as “lingering ash”. Scientists at the US Forest Service have shown that twigs taken from lingering ash can be used to breed highly resistant, locally adapted native trees for restoration of ash to natural and planted landscapes. Lingering ash can only be detected during a brief time window after the rest of the ash in an area have been killed by EAB, and the Monitoring and Managing Ash (MaMA) program of the Ecological Research Institute, developed in collaboration with the US Forest Service has revealed that the timing is now perfect to search for these very special trees in the Kingston-Saugerties area of the Hudson Valley/Eastern Catskills.
You will learn where to search for lingering ash, how to recognize them, and how to use the MaMA Lingering Ash Search citizen science project to report their locations so they can be used for propagation. The future of ash is in your hands!
Preregistration is encouraged as space is limited. To register, contact Master Gardener Coordinator, Dona Crawford, at dm282@cornell.edu or (845) 340 – 3990 ext. 335.
If you have questions about this workshop or the MaMA program, please call (845) 419-5229 or send an email to Outreach@MonitoringAsh.org. More information on MaMA is available at www.MonitoringAsh.org.
This workshop will be presented by Jonathan Rosenthal, Director of the Ecological Research Institute, and Dr. Radka Wildova, its Senior Scientist.
Fee
Free
Location
CCE Ulster
232 Plaza Road (Hannaford Plaza)
Kingston, New York 12401
Last updated June 13, 2019