Tree Planting At Hagstrom King Park Through Minnesota DNR Tree Planting Grant

Mendota Heights MN

10 July, 2020

12:39 PM

Description

Press release from the City of Mendota Heights: July 10, 2019 Twelve new trees were planted adjacent to ash trees at Hagstrom King Park this spring. These ash trees are currently being treated, but will eventually be taken down due to Emerald Ash Borer. Mendota Heights will be planting over 100 trees over the next two years with the goal of reducing the impact of tree loss due to Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). EAB was confirmed in Mendota Heights in May of 2015, and is expected to eventually infect and kill all untreated ash trees in the City (approximately 10,000 trees). The planting project will help mitigate for this canopy loss by replacing diseased ash trees with a large diversity of quality, comparable shade tree species in close proximity to public trees that are removed, or will be removed. The project is made possible due to a grant received from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. This press release was produced by the City of Mendota Heights. The views expressed here are the author's own.