Status: Current
Location: Various parks
Estimated Completion: Ongoing
Project Overview:
With Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) confirmed within Moorhead city limits, the Fargo Park District is actively working with city and state officials to help slow the spread of the invasive species throughout Fargo’s parks, trails and green spaces.
The Fargo Park District currently cares for over 26,000 trees, of which roughly 3,500 or 14% are ash trees. For the past ten years, the Fargo Park District Forestry team has been actively removing ash trees in poor condition and diversifying park tree species to help mitigate a possible EAB infestation. The City of Moorhead has issued quarantine procedures to help slow the spread of the pest.
The Fargo Park's EAB mitigation strategy includes removing small ash trees, those with a stem diameter at breast height of less than or equal to 8" and replace those removed the following year. Approximately 700 ash trees will be treated chemically on a biannual rotation to preserve them and prevent decline from EAB infestation. This will maintain a population of about 1400-2000 ash trees in the Fargo park system.
To view a map of trees that are marked for removal or treatment, visit the links below. Each colored dot annotates a tree that will be removed and subsequently replaced.
