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DNR Report <br />8-21  Jennifer Teegarden responded to an inquiry from Congressman Rick <br />are doing about EAB and are there any funds available to private landowners to h <br />Minnesota State Fair: 8-22 to 9-2 <br />Handed out a number of EAB literature at the state fair: 6,000 E <br />o <br />EAB Booklets; 1,000 Dont Move Firewood Bookmark; 500 EAB Posters; 2,000 Firewood Alert Brochures <br />Each day at the fair, DNR foresters answered numerous questions <br />o <br />Almost every day of the State Fair, a volunteer walked the DNR B <br />o <br />fans. <br />The Invasive Species Display featured an EAB infested ash tree <br />o <br />Aug. 27  Jana Albers provided an EAB update to the DNR Forestry Region Ma <br />Sept. 20  Mike Albers provided and EAB update and Insect & Disease trainin <br />Minnetonka borrowed the EAB costume for their open house on Oct. 8 <br /> <br />MITIGATION: <br />Sanitation: <br />St Paul recently marked 13 EAB-infested private trees and a few public trees. Luther Seminary r <br />infested trees on their property. <br /> <br />Biological Control: <br />EAB Bioagent releases concluded for the season on September 11, 2013. A tota <br />released at 14 sites in the state. Southeast Minnesota received <br />to the infestation level in the area and the lack of the other management tools to employ at the landscape level. <br />In a new effort aimed at speeding up the distribution and establ <br />released this year alone at three sites within the park bringingince September 2011 to over <br />40,000 bioagents. Looking to 2014, MDA is planning more release <br />Houston and Winona Counties, especially along the river corridor <br />spread seems to be the greatest. <br /> <br />Total bioagents released from 2010-2013 [all species, 20 sites (6 SE MN, 14 Metro)]: 130,540* <br />* indicates incomplete totals <br />2010 Total: 3,326 SE MN: 3,326 Twin Citi <br />2011 Total: 30,717 SE MN: 7,006 Twin Cities: 23,711 <br />2012 Total: 45,321 SE MN: 10,739 Twin Cities: <br />2013 Total: 51,176* SE MN: 34,473* Twin Cities: <br /> <br />Total Oobius: 22,479 Total Tetrastichus: 84,035 Total Spathius: 24,026 <br /> <br />Total Releases in SE MN: 55,544 Total Releases in Twin Cities: 74,996 <br /> <br />A study of larval parasitoid overwintering was initiated at Grea <br />were released into cages on 24 EAB infested trees. 12 trees will be sampled this fall to confirm they <br />and attacked EAB going into winter. The remaining 12 trees will <br />quantify overwintering. The study is led by Rob Venette with th <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />