Green Chimneys, Carmel, NY – Monitoring and Managing Ash (MaMA) Training Workshop

The MaMA program of the Ecological Research Institute (see www.MonitoringAsh.org) provides constructive steps to be taken at each stage of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) invasion, including pre-invasion as well as late stages when virtually all the ash in an area have been killed by this invasive beetle. In this workshop, you’ll learn the steps you can take to mitigate EAB damage, and more importantly to facilitate detection of EAB-resistant native ash, which provide the greatest hope for long-term ash conservation. You’ll learn how to use MaMA’s three citizen-science projects, all on the Anecdata.org platform. These include the MaMA Monitoring Plots Network, which reaches from New England to the Midwest, and the MaMA Lingering Ash Search project, in which you report locations of trees that are likely to be EAB-resistant. MaMA’s development and implementation have been done in close collaboration with the US Forest Service scientists leading the search for and propagation of EAB-resistant native ash. This workshop includes a classroom-style component and hands-on field training, including the establishment of an actual monitoring plot. Continuing education credits: NYS Nursery and Landscape Association (3.5 CNLP), International Society of Arboriculture (1.25 Arborist; 1.25 BCMA Practice), Society of American Foresters (3 Cat. 1), and Cornell Cooperative Extension (3 Master Naturalist). 

Pre-registration encouraged due to space limitations; please register at www.eventbrite.com/e/monitoring-and-managing-ash-mama-workshop-registration-62522582728 For more information, email Outreach@MonitoringAsh.org or call (845) 419-5229.

This workshop is funded by the Lower Hudson Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (LH PRISM) and is presented by the Ecological Research Institute in partnership with the Watershed Agricultural Council and Green Chimneys.