Join us! Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week is May 17-23rd of 2026 and we’re ready with 3 awesome webinars!
In addition to our standard EAB awareness outreach, we at Don’t Move Firewood like to highlight this notorious hitchhiking tree pest by hosting a series of informational webinars each year. Hear from experts on the impacts and management of EAB, ash cultural practices, and social media messaging strategies. Read on to learn more and register!
See details on each webinar and the registration links below:
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Tuesday, May 19th at 2pm EST
Resistance to EAB is real – here’s what we can do to help restore ash in the future
Presentation by: Carolyn (Carrie) Pike, Regeneration Specialist, USDA Forest Service, Eastern Region – State Private and Tribal Forestry
Emerald ash borer has decimated eastern forests, especially in lowland or riparian forests where green ash is dominant. I will discuss how resistance breeding may help us retain ash on the landscape in a post-EAB world and share findings of a recent publication (Mason et al. 2026) that demonstrated heritable resistance in green and white ash.
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Wednesday, May 20th at 1pm EST
Ash-kicking Outreach in Oregon and Washington
Presentation by: Alex Meacham, Firewood Outreach Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy
In the wake of new detections and regulations in the Pacific Northwest (PNW), the Don’t Move Firewood campaign is diving deep into the states of Oregon and Washington seeking opportunities for new relationships and expanded networks of communication on the firewood-forest health connection. Meet Alex, our new firewood outreach specialist, who is making the PNW his sole focus for six months. Learn about his structured situation analysis, action plan, and implementation management project that systematically seeks new input and expands partnerships from interested parties in the PNW.
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Thursday, May 21st at 1pm EST
EAB from crisis to opportunity: managing & growing a resilient urban forest in Minneapolis, MN
Presentation by: Philip Potyondy, Smart Tree Management Practice Lead, Davey Resource Group, Inc
The loss of ash trees to Emerald Ash Borer was a major opportunity to establish a more diverse and resilient urban forest. This generational opportunity was not squandered. Learn how Minneapolis used thoughtful, deliberate, multi-scaled tree selection guidelines to select a diverse mix of trees, even with considerations for future forest pests and a changing climate. Philip will also share a few key takeaways while managing the spread of EAB and also about a few new technologies for monitoring the urban forest and assisting with tree selection
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