PROGRAMS

ASH TREE INVENTORY

Ash Trees and the Emerald Ash Borer Beetle (EAB)

Click here for a one-page, printable PDF document about EAB.

The Threat

Several Species of Ash trees are native to Indiana and have thrived here for thousands of years. Recently, however, a beetle from Asia was accidentally imported into Michigan, and it threatens to kill all of our ash trees in the Midwest and beyond.The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has been found in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it has already caused the death of many Ash trees in the Castleton area.

Learn more from Purdue Extension

Other resources include www.emeraldashborer.info, and a one pager to share with your community (click here to download the PDF). The city has also began treating Ash trees in city parks. Click here to read more about their efforts. You can also learn from other neighborhoods combating EAB.

Take Action

It is likely that your Ash trees will be killed by the EAB in the next few years. At this moment, we have a very narrow window of time to identify our Ash trees and decide whether or not we will provide treatment to keep them alive.

In order to help Indianapolis neighborhoods take advantage of this narrow window of time, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful has created a program to help identify the Ash trees in your neighborhood and help you spread the word about treatment options for your Ash trees. For those neighborhoods selected, KIB will lend a staff arborist to help neighborhood volunteers identify Ash trees in the public right-of-way. Once an Ash tree is identified, neighborhood volunteers can mark the tree with a tag that informs neighbors about options for saving that tree. KIB plans to help several neighborhoods through this effort beginning in Spring 2011.

Apply for Help

To apply for a Neighborhood Ash Tree Inventory with KIB, please complete the form below.

Applicant Information

Neighborhood, Organization Name (if applicable) *

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Questions

Please describe the geographic scope of this inventory. How large of an area are you hoping to cover? Approximately how many trees are in the area? *

In order to identify and mark all of the pulic Ash trees in your neighborhood, you will need to recruit at least 4 volunteers. Please list the volunteers who are commited to walking throughout your neighborhood: *

Are you willing to help publicize this event though a neighborhood newsletter or other means? *