Hi, Robin.
Nice to see ya.
Afternoon everyone.
Thanks for joining.
Give it a couple more minutes or just before the 1:00 o'clock
hour, and I assume we'll probably have some other folks
pop on here in a couple minutes.
And just a reminder, we are recording and looks like Robin
or any set the recorder on.
So we are recording right now.
So reminder, just to keep your mics off, unless you were
talking in video.
Optional, but we always love to see everybody's face.
We can see who's out there.
I rob.
Nice to see you.
How, Wyatt?
Alright, I think you're a timely bunch.
So we'll go ahead and get started.
I'm not seeing anybody else pop on, so good afternoon everyone.
It's been a bit since I've participated on these calls,
then pulled in a lot of different directions.
Like most of you, Cody, I know who's been kind of acting as
like an MC.
He's going to be pretty occupied here for a while, so he wanted
me to step in and just keep us informed on some stuff and get
the ball rolling.
UM, since I have the mic, I'm gonna go ahead and get started.
Just on a little bit of an update from a regulatory
perspective.
So main thing is that ODA is in process of moving forward with
creating the we're not creating but moving forward towards
implementing the control area that we have right now which is
living in a temporary rule status.
So we're moving forward with a permanent rulemaking process.
We've already filed the notice of filing, so that's already in
place.
I did wanna share with this audience that we are hosting a a
public hearing.
I'm gonna share my screen right here and I'll include a website
link in the chat here so are having a public hearing on
October 18th at 3:00 O'clock Pacific.
This would be how via teams are we're making coordinator will be
hosting, but myself and Cody will be present on that call to
address any callers or questions, comments that come in
on that platform.
Written comments are also able to be submitted by email on that
address below you see their AB at Oregon.
ODA, like like I said, it will be virtual.
You can also participate by phone if that's more your style.
Umm.
And then in the chat here, if I can talk and do things at the
same time, I'll do that in a minute.
When I'm not on camera, I'll put that in the links, which will
take us take you to Deb website which does have this information
so that if you care to share that amongst your group or
participate yourself, that's how you can access that link.
Umm, the only thing I'll other thing I wanted to mention was at
this moment in time, we're still looking at the same framework
that we have been running under, you know, currently so far as we
know Washington County still the only quarantine county in
Oregon.
So that's still stays in place going forward and permanent rule
land basically all that means is that we'll continue with the
restrictions on movement of ash and white fringe tree out of
Washington County and thereby any other county that's
confirmed positive with EA.
So again, right now we only have the one county, but I think
being realistic, there'll be other counties to add to that
belt as we move forward in time.
So those will be automatically incorporated under the
quarantine, and then we'll have to kind of update the language
as we move forward on that.
I did want to draw attention to the key change that is going to
happen, or at least what ODA is proposing.
Again, we still have to go through the formal public period
and engage more closely with this audience is that we are
looking at expanding the quarantine to cover all of all
of species olea species in addition to white, fringe, tree
and ash.
For those of you who have been following along, when we first
had our temporary rule out back in, which feels like eons ago,
but in fall of 2022 we had the three we had ash, we had olive
and then we had weight, fringe tree and then to make it very
confusing for everyone.
We did step back on olive when we did our extension of our
temporary role, and the main reason for that was at that
moment Odia didn't feel like we had really any.
We needed more information, a really about what the risk was
with olive does limited research or limited literature published
on there?
And really, what the risk is there no one pretending that we
think that all of is a bigger risk than ash?
I think that's indisputable, that ash is still going to be
the primary vector that we're gonna be worried about.
But if we're really serious about trying to mitigate the
movement of this pass throughout Oregon over time, anything that
we can pinpoint that might pose a risk is worth looking at so
shortly.
This earlier this spring we started, we got money and we
were working with cooperators in Delaware from USDA.
Looking at OK what is kind of the risk at Olive could play
into this?
We did do a brief trial study.
Excuse me.
Where are we out?
Planted some olive trees that were purchased locally.
We know that these were clean trees.
They were not infested.
Did some artificial inoculation taking egg masses and attaching
them to these olive trees and covering it up with parafilm.
And again, the idea to see will the eggs hatch?
Will they start to Burrow into the wood?
And so forth.
Just note these are kind of smaller trees and know the
slides probably a little hard to see, but these are smaller
diameter trees.
Umm.
And we had about 20 of these and in addition to ones that were
being artificially infested with egg mass, as we also had some
that service controls, right.
So they didn't have any egg masses planted on them, and this
trial was set up in Forest Grove, near known infested ash
stance.
So the idea was in a natural setting, will they be a flock to
these control trees, or would they just leave them alone and
continue doing what they're doing on ash?
And we could watch the development on those other and
artificially nocum lated trees.
What we did see, shortly after a couple weeks we did find and by
we meeting entomologists, Odier did observe egg masses being
deposited on all of.
So those control trees.
So basically that did raise some concerns for us to say that even
in the presence of a preferred host we were observing in the
wild EAB of doing all the position on olive trees.
So that gave us positive concern that potentially that could
cause a vector, especially for those who grow olive in a
quarantined area, which may be exposed to high density ash.
Excuse me?
High density EAB populations, so for that reason, that is why ODA
you starting to consider incorporating all of into the
quarantine as a regulated host material.
I will also mentioned as a side note that our partners in
Delaware were doing a similar study.
So they basically did a similar thing, but they did it in their
environment and they've already observed egg masses developing
into third instar level and actually starting to move into
the Cambrian of the tree.
So we haven't observed this stage yet in Oregon, but we are
monitoring that because I don't think we're quite there yet.
So I'm hopefully we get an update here pretty soon.
So I think field staff, we're gonna go out as a lot going on
in between Mediterranean oak borer.
And I'm old ash borer.
We got our hands full at the moment, so provide more updates
on that.
So with this information, ODA did host a meeting with the
olive grower community.
If you don't think that there is one in Oregon, there is
relatively small, but some of them are focused in Washington
County.
In Yamhill County, there's definitely a lot of concern from
that community, so ODA will be moving forward and having
another meeting with them next week and then taking probably a
lot of public hearing on on that.
So kind of a defensive stance, so we'll have to be taking on
the state level about our decision to add this host to
that list.
So I just wanted to share that that's kind of where we're
standing and regulatory world right now.
I'm happy to address any questions if there's anything
from the group, otherwise we can move on to subcommittee updates.
So quiet.
OK, bye. Sure.
The real quick real quick Chris, is it alright if we share that
link on one to get sent around for the public hearing to
community partners that are interested in attending?
Exactly why I'm sharing it.
So I just popped that into the chat.
So again, that'll take you just to our regular EAB ODA homepage
and then that information's all on there.
Alright, not further ado.
I don't know.
Comes just calms.
Wanna go first?
Hi, Chris, thanks.
This is Jim Gersbach, a communication subcommittee.
One change to the EAB Oregon Bulletin is with the discovery
of Mediterranean oak borer, which is another invasive tree
killing pest.
Potentially we have decided to kind of sort of combine that
information about that pest along with the AB and provide
one simple platform.
So there's been a name change to call the Oregon EAB Bulletin,
the Oregon Tree Health Bulletin and starting with the October
issue.
So we will be getting.
It's already in out for review at the moment, but has a new
masthead and that in the future should there be another
significant past along the lines of an EAB or an mob, that's
where we would could announce that.
So this way, instead of people having to pay attention to four
or five six different newsletters, there would be just
kind of one place you could go and and find that information.
So that's the significant development for the October
issue.
We had very excited.
We've got enough material for two issues, so we've got stuff
for this issue related to the name change to the fact that no
EAB's were found in outlying traps that ODA, that ODF had
given out to different land owners and agencies, UM in the
15 to 30 mile range and beyond.
So those are being it's the end of trapping season.
Those are coming down.
There's an article about that.
There's an article about Leila Gonan, who has been added to our
ODF outreach team along with Evan Elderbrock.
So some added capacity on ODF's part to help keep the local
communities and then an article about the discovery in in
Wilsonville, of a number of Oregon White Oaks that have been
infected with infested with Mediterranean oak borer.
And so there has been some media attention about the UM discovery
out there.
And Wilsonville KGW did a story.
There was a joint appearance by Cody HOLTHOUSE and Christine
Buell on Jefferson exchange down in Southern Oregon Radio Public
Radio, and OPB has done a story.
And there was a general news release about the Discovery city
of Hillsboro put out a release in the state, also put out a
release about that.
So, UM yeah, 2023 is kind of we've now got two potential
pests out there of concern.
I did wanna ask you, Chris, in terms of that public hearing for
the October issue, if you want us to put that link in there as
well, umm, we probably will not say that the quarantine is
ending per se, but just talked about there's a public rule
Yeah.
being looked at for a permanent control area and not mention
anything about the date that the quarantine ends, if that's
alright.
That's OK.
Yeah.
If that goes out prior to, do you know when?
Approach to the 18th?
Yeah, I'm hoping to get it out this week if possible.
Depends on the approvals that I get.
Yeah, if you have you have space, then yeah, go for it.
Thank you.
OK, great.
I think that's the main thing, December issue.
We're gonna do more on the slam.
Some of the IRA funding, if you do get your public hearing roll
through, umm, and then the a new error curtain incinerator that
ODA has bought and is now burning both Ash and Oakwood in
there that infested woods and then Evan and ODF went out and
did some work in Cornelius to help them with their Ash Tree
survey.
I'll let him talk about that specifically, but I think that
will be in the November issue.
So, uh, it's a lot to talk about and we are getting a lot of
other people now subscribing.
So that's good and I would encourage people, if you do know
of others that are trying to follow either EAB now or MOB if
they have an interest in either of those pests or just in tree
pests in general, do have them send an email to me, Jim
Gersbach.
And at ODF and will get them subscribed to that newsletter
end of report.
Fantastic.
Jim, do you have any idea on a guesstimate what the Members
like, how many Members we have subscribing to that bulletin at
this point?
Yeah, I've got them in a list here.
If you give me a second, I can probably just give you the
actual count.
Umm.
Just curious.
So yeah, I had about four or five just today.
So let me see what the new number is.
So looks like we are.
Let's see.
Yeah, 121 people have subscribed.
Great and growing.
That's good. Growing oxen.
And growing, yes.
Thank you, Jim, for that thorough report.
Anybody else have anything for comms related?
But otherwise, we'll move on to survey.
Uh yeah.
Could I ask real quickly, Jim, you mentioned a name change.
Uh, that escaped me.
What?
What's the name change?
Ah.
The Tree health bulletin.
Ohh, that change.
OK, I thought there was a scientific name change.
Sorry about that.
I was like what so?
No, it's far as I know.
We don't have another one of those on our hands at the
moment, although with Mediterranean maybe that will be
the next one to to get changed to knows.
Xylouris monographs is hard enough.
I was just barely getting I the one for agrilus planipennis or
something.
Now I got Tyler.
Boris monographs.
So I don't know.
That's his bad.
It exhausts my my high school Latin so.
No worries.
Uh alright.
UM, guess for that, we'll move on to survey anyone who's been
reporting out for survey.
I think Matt Mills was gonna report out.
He's on the call.
Maybe he's not on.
Check the tenants list here real quick.
Negative.
I believe he might be, uh.
Operating the burn boss right now.
So got gotten that that.
Potentially.
In Wilsonville.
Yeah.
And our survey monitoring subcommittee met at 11:00 AM and
Alright.
Cody already typed up his notes.
And so I can do my best to to represent that here.
Sure, if you don't know the right.
Thank you.
OK, so This is why I from ODF and reporting for the survey and
monitoring subcommittee.
So First off, is the slam the slowing ash mortality project is
on track and and proceeding and metro properties starting on
Monday, October 17th are gonna start getting girdled trees
felled, followed by clean water services after that.
And then private property trees starting October 30th and into
November.
So this is over, I think over 130 trees that have been girdled
as part of the SLAM project and about the same number with
insecticide injections.
So these trees that are going to get filled, there's going to be
sections of bolts taken to a different location in Washington
County where agency staff are going to do some peeling and
looking for a larvae.
And a lot of credit out to ODA for keeping us on track with
that and looking forward to that.
Or other monitoring news.
I'm gonna share my screen real quick here.
So we have it enter agency trap.
Program and these are traps that are provided by APHIS and then
ODF hosts the GIS data and the bottom line is that no, no EAB
reported.
We had two suspects sent to ODF.
Both of them were negative for EAB.
There's about 140 traps out there on the landscape, 90
purple, 52 green.
The survey period survey season ended September 30th, and ODF
has asked for data and the data is still coming in so.
We have about a total of 200 trap checks over the summer from
these 140 traps, so all negative from our traps, both green and
purple, and then the other thing we have to report on is the
online hotline.
And so these are reports made by public and agency staff, or EAB,
and on this map you could see that there are about 300 reports
for EAB that were negative.
So each one of these reports were followed up by, Umm, a
hotline manager.
And credit goes to Tom VALENTE and Josh Blatch and Christine
Buell uh for handling a huge number of those 300 negative
reports.
But we did get 10 positive reports.
They were all within the Forestgrove area, so no big news
there.
No big spread.
Interestingly, of those 10 reports, about three or four
were new.
They were previously unknown to HCC staff, so people are using
the hotline there and let's see, I'm going to stop sharing right
now and just read the rest of Cody's notes here.
Big guy hit the main ones there.
All you have the.
So there are some missing trap data, so there's some issues
with the survey 123 form or working through.
But to look for a a final trap, uh data next month and we are
also continuing, we are planning on continuing the the
Interagency trap survey for 2024.
So if you're interested, please contact me and we can get you
set up with traps.
Think that's in the report from the survey monitoring?
Ohh one more thing, I'm sorry the survey and monitoring
subcommittee is planning a.
The cohost a meeting with the research subcommittee, and I'll
let Dave Schoch talk more about that.
But this is to go over some monitoring methods for both EAB
and Oregon Ash Forest vegetation.
So we want to get the two subcommittees together and for
three hours at the end of November, and we're going to,
uh, discuss and share methods of monitoring both EAB and Oregon
Ash force.
And that's in the report.
Fantastic.
Thanks, Wyatt.
I think that's a good segue.
Then, if Dave, if you're on the call and you wanna add on to
that or share anything else from the research front?
And yeah, hi everybody.
Yeah, well, why it's right on.
We're gonna have that meeting.
We're proposing the date of November 29, Wednesday from 9 to
noon and why and I think has a room at Salem at the ODF office,
so we would plan a hybrid meeting and the idea would be to
really get down into the weeds about.
Monitoring and monitoring both for EAB and for impacts on, you
know, Oregon ash vegetation.
But there's so much overlap between the two that I think it
makes a lot of sense to have the discussion together.
Umm well initiate it with this three hour meeting, but it may
end up that people will follow up with each other or whatever.
I think there's some.
I'm the concern that, you know, people are gonna be doing all
these different things and maybe we should really be.
I'm trying to replicate each others's kinds of methods, if
that's appropriate to the to what other people you know feel
is is, you know, in terms of their research questions or
their monitoring questions or whatever.
But anyway we we're pretty excited about that and it was
one of the main themes that came out of the research subcommittee
meeting that we had recently, that everybody really wanted to,
you know, discuss the methods and get those sort of all laid
out there.
So we know what people are up to.
So thanks.
Yeah, that's about it.
And they'll be.
But some once we get the agenda and the date finalized and
everything, they'll be emails going out of course to everybody
and we we hope a anybody who's interested in this topic will be
able to come and participate.
Do you think, Dave, that that will be something that folks can
participate virtually in addition to in person or is the
That's the plan.
the goal real person? Yeah.
Yeah, why?
Correct me if I'm wrong, the capabilities are pretty good at
that office for a hybrid meeting.
Don't.
That's called you back.
For that meeting room.
Yeah, it's Scott's nodding yes also, yeah.
Yes.
Yes, well, have a one of these smart screens and so we can host
a A teams meeting in there.
There's there's, uh, from personal experience, there's
That's.
issues with feedback of multiple people are logged in to a device
in the same room, so we'll just have to have one device logged
in.
It's a smart screen and we can interact with it and incorporate
everyone's input that way.
Maybe.
Yeah, we've got some feedback.
A lot of people will wanna join by teams, but a lot of people
really wanna be in person so that we can interact. Some.
Umm, OK.
Well, thank you.
And then go for it.
Yeah.
Just curious Dave, I know there may be some folks with working
at cities interested in monitoring approaches.
I know I talked to folks at the city of Eugene and there may be
some other cities around too.
Would they be welcome to join this meeting or is this kind of
closed door?
Uh, I I think they'd be welcome.
I don't think we were gonna make it necessarily a general public
thing.
I think our consensus was it be the science and the monitoring
groups, but I think if they're gonna be doing monitoring and
doing vegetation work or EAB monitoring that it, there's no
reason they couldn't join.
Uh, I think that's a consensus among us is that we didn't wanna
make this exclusive, although we don't.
We're not presenting in the style of a public meeting,
though I think it'll be more about, you know, it.
It might be pretty boring to some people from from public
meeting, but anybody interested would be a, you know, could
attend.
Yeah, we're not putting up sideboards or anything.
Great.
Yeah, these are like these are these are like natural areas.
That's my understanding.
Managers and operators.
So I think they would be excited by the the subject matter and
yeah.
Yeah.
And they could potentially make some really strong connections.
You know the the toilet and soil and water conservation district
and clean water services I think will be big participants in
this.
And so they've got a lot of experience with monitoring prior
to this.
You know they've they've got monitoring plots and everything
out.
So I think it'll be a pretty interesting program and would be
valuable.
Yeah, I might just shoot you an email for a few of those details
to share around if that works.
Sure.
Yeah.
Yeah, we don't have an agenda yet.
We we're hoping to smoke Committee will will get the
agenda and the final cause.
But.
We only have 3 hours and it may be you know topic that takes
longer than that, so we'll have to figure that out. But.
Could you just could you throw the date and time and location
Yeah.
in the chat real quick just.
Oh, sure.
Yeah.
Uh, let's see no member.
29 but 29.
Yeah.
Like I concur with what Dave said, I think some of the end
users will appreciate the report and that's what I'm hoping will
come out of the meeting is a a synthesis like here are the
methods that we've been using to monitor Oregon ash vegetation.
And here are the methods we use to detect and monitor EAB, and
so maybe some of those local governments will be more
interested in the end product than actually joining the the
the the meeting, because that was the purpose of the meeting,
Umm.
is to get together and flesh out all these different methods and
then synthesize them into a document.
Max got your hand up.
Yeah, I have a slightly off topic update from the field.
Let's see if I can get my camera going.
Very exciting stuff and you know, so I am in the barn.
Are you in the barn, Max?
Yes, these are to trash because larvae, our cocoons, we have
parasitism recovery.
We have so the pairs avoids we released earlier this season.
We have recovered some from Gail's beef St uh.
So you are all seeing the first parasitoid recoveries in Oregon.
Uh, yeah.
Figured I would share that while I'm on the call, you know,
calling in from the bar and from the field.
Yeah, very, very exciting stuff.
Awesome.
Thanks Max.
I was really cool.
Thank you for sharing that.
Yeah.
Uh, congratulations, also because I know there's a lot of
work that's been going on in the biocontrol release effort.
We don't talk about it too too much, but that is also really
important part of the general response plan in Oregon in the
long term.
So that's really encouraging, uh.
We were not expecting this.
We would, I would have been elated if we got this in two
years time.
Right.
This is fantastic.
Awesome.
Uh, Tom.
Thank you all.
Thom VALENTE.
Think you also have your hand up?
Maybe.
Not sure.
OK, rob.
That takes a while.
I'm a little distracted now by that news.
That's one of our properties and that's amazing news things Max
for that and one more time.
Kudos to Jeff at Metro for getting the barn set up.
I just wanted to add to our committee that eventually we're
going to be having a sign up genius or some site type of sign
up sheet where we're looking for folks to help us do the drawing,
you know, of debarking of the of the ash to look for these EAB,
that's the barn.
When the time comes so that email's gonna be coming soon for
Matt Mills, and I think they also may be needing some felling
help closer to the October 30th November time range when they
hit to the the private properties.
But just FYI on some some opportunities to learn and help
at the same time that's out to Spring Hill Barn where Max is
at.
So Rob with the best point of contact them would be the folks
to reach out directly to Matt Mills and ODA or go buy way
through you to if they want to reach out and try to get
connected with that effort.
Great question.
I would say ultimately it's going to be Matt Mills, but
let's just wait till he gets that sign up.
Genius or the sign up sheet and that way he can also manage so
the sites only has limited parking too so he can manage the
folks coming and when he needs it and when we're going to have
material on the ground and and and and that those efforts I
just kind of hold off and wait for him to reach out he'll he'll
hopefully send that out.
I know they need help, so he's he's going to send it.
Fair enough.
Thanks for that message, Rob.
Appreciate it.
Great.
Anyone else for anything field or survey related or even you
got your hand up again?
I just wanted to ask uh Max, I'm doing some presentations and UM,
is it alright A to share your success story and be a if so,
would you be willing to share any photos to add the slides
from the from your?
From your field work.
Uh, yeah, yeah, I can shoot you some emails.
And I would say, yeah, I would say the one thing is let's just
say her, let's just use the term Forest Grove area.
As far as anything publicly releasing for our public facing
for biocontrol sites, as we've discussed a couple Times Now,
unfortunately as we go to broader outreach, they the sites
are vulnerable to disturbance.
So as long as we just say from the Forest Grove area, I think
we're fine.
I know that we had discussed there is a we we we have a
standard row cab now for how anonymous we're sticking to it.
But, you know, yeah, absolutely.
I would say you know, you can report we have recoveries of the
traffic us which is fantastic.
Awesome. Thanks.
Great.
I love seat.
Sorry, it's getting distracted reading some of the the fan
commentary that we've got going on in the chat.
Lots of encouragement on that news.
So that's really great. Umm.
Aside from getting distracted on that.
Sorry, it's hard to drive and take notes and do other things
at the same time.
OK, so we got that.
And then I think we still are operating with the Woodway.
So utilization group, is that correct?
That's correct.
Thank you, Chris.
And although the wood waste and utilization subcommittee has not
met but is well poised to soon meet Tyler Raw, whose last day
with us was losing track of time last week, Tyler gave a
presentation up in Tacoma to the PNW ISA, the International
Society of Arboricultural are more culture annual conference
folks, a comprehensive presentation on would waste in
it's a partnership in Marion County with Salem and other
state agencies.
Really model.
Program that we recognize as a key way of doing business,
bringing the private sector together with the public sector
and nonprofit sector, really compelling model that doesn't
just address sanitation needs, but also climate mitigation
needs as well as social and economic needs.
So beautiful model and we're grateful for Tyler's efforts on
that.
Now the challenge will be to Leila.
Has Leela Gonan has graciously offered to pick up where Tyler
has left off and they will be our point person for biomass
utilization and wood waste utilization.
We also have engaged a national consultant that many of you may
have met or seen at the conference, that Oregon
Community trees held in June.
This consultant is Paul Hickman from Urban Ashes and Paul uh.
When Ash first started taking its toll in Michigan, started
helping to map the network and bring businesses and agencies
together to make the most of their dead and dying ash trees,
so hoping to capitalize on that experience and create some nice
white papers so that.
Communities and cities without viable, uh.
Uh.
You know the wood marshalling yards and such have some
examples to turn to.
Let's see what else?
Ohh, I don't think Margaret is here today.
Many of us on the call today invest a lot of time, effort and
goodwill and funding to help support the Air Curtain
incinerator test at Fernhill Wetlands, and Margaret said
yesterday that and correct me if I'm wrong.
I've been about a week or so.
They should have the results or why does a weak stand in my mind
soon the results of the test burn will umm come out and then
revisions rulemaking to help remove some of the identified
barriers to broader use.
And I know that's really one of our our key challenges is we're
making it more challenging and expensive to treat waste in a
responsible way then to just burn it and slash file or chip
it up or transport it hitter in the other.
Uh, I believe that's it.
And just to clarify, Scott, my, I believe that Margaret said it,
it may be several months still, so not don't hold your breath
necessarily on that report but cause.
But they're they're working to in the process of discussing
rule rule changes and stuff, which as most folks who have
engaged in that space know, it's not a not a quick matter.
However, just to be clear, I do recall her saying the long
awaited results of the test will become available in about a
week.
Looks like we had a question in the chat from Matt Moser who
said, do we still have the contact info for the individual
involved or DEQ regarding the air burners?
Is that Margaret still correct?
Yes, Margaret Miller, I can share that in the chat or
Margaret should be part of this group.
Maybe just put her email in the chat.
Just just to helping his boss.
Will do.
Thanks Scott.
Perfect.
All right, lots of good.
Lots of good updates this week, and do we forget?
I apologize if I'm a little slow and remembering which of the
subcommittees have, because we did.
Through some we did go through some changes.
Did we keep that IPM?
Training committee or that got absorbed into comms.
Oh, Wyatt, when you want to share what your update there
about the about the directory.
I just saw that you pop that in the chat.
Oh yeah, just wanted to say that some of us are owed.
Yeah, put together.
This would waste and would utilization directory and it's
adding on to some information that ODA has for local arborist
and facilities that can handle mulch and stuff like that.
So we we expanded on that and added ash, lumber mills, pallet
manufacturers, uh certified arborist.
So I just put that in the in the chat there, just as another
resource for local governments and land owners.
No, it's great.
That's going to be supremely helpful.
Thank you.
Again, Wyatt and Christina Hellige, who helped with that,
and I know Evan tapped in that the importance of that can't be
overestimated.
So thank you.
Yeah.
Thanks for sharing that.
8 May I, may I ask a question to ODF?
I'm well, we've been getting questions about from land owners
umm, about what's gonna be allowed in terms of uh logging
organ ash in what are wetlands?
Umm is there any rules uh, that are being developed that
specifically apply to Oregon Ash?
Or what do what do you think the will people be able to, you
know, log if the EAB comes into their stand and they're gonna
lose all their ash, are they gonna be able to log the the
ash?
So I can take, I can take this and try to order answer as
Do you know what I'm doing?
succinctly.
Yes, we've had conversations that ODF and it's been brought
to attention to ODF leaders UMM and the next step is to approach
this idea.
What the board to the Board of Forestry but the top ODF leaders
have been debriefed on this, and the decision is that we are of
course, gonna be upholding the NFPA.
The Force Practices Act of Oregon, as well as letting land
owners know that there's a stake quarantine that has to be
adhered to under ODA jurisdiction.
So for the FPA, we right now are handling any potential Ash
Harbor press the normal way through a ferns notification.
If it happens to fall in a riparian buffer where logging is
not allowed, and then that landowner has an option to write
a plan for alternate practices which is standard for any
operation, any logging operation, and in that
application for a plan for alternate practices, they can
say it's due to impending emerald dashboard or something
like that that will trigger a stewardship Forester visit and
visit by technical specialists such as myself or Christine.
And then we can proceed with that logging operation.
So right now it's there's no special regulations for logging.
It's following our our published FPGA in all the riparian rules
they're in.
But do you think that's gonna have to be run by the feds?
Umm, you know Fish and Wildlife or whatever because.
There are.
There are other state agencies that will regulate waterways,
such as Oregon Department.
Agriculture actually has some regulatory power and I know I'm
not prepared.
I don't have this memo in front of me, but in our internal memo,
Right.
we did document a number of other state regulations that may
apply to ash forest in riparian areas.
So we obviously know our FA the best and that's what I was
speaking on.
So the any planned logging operation, four profit has to go
through ferns on non federal forest lands in Oregon has to go
through ferns.
Our ODF Fern system.
So that's the route we're going right now and I'm happy provided
update as things evolve.
OK.
Thank you very much.
I'm I there may be some extension agents that I wanna
have a talk with you at some point or or ODF at some point
because we're getting over starting to get a lot of
questions about what will be allowed and what won't be
allowed and all that kind of stuff.
Yeah.
We have one of our forced we have one of our forest practices
Yeah. Thanks.
specialist, Stacy Savona, who has a extensive experience with
sudden oak death.
And so she, we will be our point of contact for anything
regulatory versus for that Forest Practices Act.
So yes, please send contacts my way and we'll plug them into the
right people.
Great.
Thank you very much.
Yeah.
Great.
That's actually timely, because next week I will be giving a
update on EAB and all of our work that everyone's
collectively been doing to the soil and Water Conservation
Commission at their fall meeting.
So that I could anticipate a question like that very much
coming up.
So that was actually really helpful things.
Wyatt. Umm.
Alright.
Anybody else out there have anything for the good of the
order that I skipped over or I skipped you?
And apologies if I did that in advance.
I can give a brief update from the local.
EAB Response Group, if that's appropriate, not a ton to note.
OK.
Uh ODF?
Staff went and helped city of Cornelius conduct a full St Tree
inventory and Park Tree inventory of their ash trees.
Sort of a pilot project for us.
Umm.
And to support them in their sort of EAB management strategy.
In addition, the Coms group the local communications group is
working on key messaging for this kind of first phase
communication and like sub sub messaging for each of those
messages identifying priority audiences for each of the
agencies and organizations in the group.
And then next step after the messaging phase is to identify
what the best methods of outreach are gonna be for each
to deliver those messages to each of the critical audiences
and the technical expert side of that group is starting a process
of sort of discussion related to various management strategies
and practices, from phasing treatment into removal, shade,
planting treatment rate among a number of other topics.
And our hope with that group is through those conversations and
and synthesis of available information is to kind of create
some written record of various best management practices on
different ash situations in Washington County, which
hopefully may be transferable to other areas throughout the
state.
Managing for ash in urban or natural areas.
Yeah, that's.
I think that's mostly where we're at for now.
OK.
All right.
Thanks, Evan.
All right, last call for any other additions, updates,
comments for the good of the order.
Going once, going twice, going thrice alright everyone.
Thank you again for all of your time and participation and
engagement and this afternoon until next time.
Thank you, everyone again for all of your work and stay dry
and take care.
OK.