The Emerald Ash Borer Municipal Management Case Studies were developed to help municipalities determine the best approach to ash management for their unique situation. The case studies were drawn from six municipalities in the Midwest, New England, and Vermont that vary in population, percentage of public trees that are ash, and resources. Each case study includes the economic costs of ash management for that municipality.
Case Studies - Vermont
Burlington
Case Study, written September 2024.
Essex
Approach: Phased removal and replacement
Case Study, published August 2023
East Montpelier
Approach: Conducting a Pilot Study for Community Engagement and Cost Estimate
Case Study, published September 2021
Middlebury
Case Study, written September 2023.
Montpelier
Case Study, written September 2024.
Northfield
Approach: Outreach, Education, and Pilot Ash Tree Removal
Case Study, published December 2021
Richmond
Approach: Ash tree treatment and removal, interplanting, replacement plantings, wood utilization
Case Study, published April 2022
Rutland
Case Study, written September 2024.
South Hero
Approach: Education, Coordination, and a County-wide Approach
Case Study, published September 2021
Waterbury
Approach: Select ash tree removal, tree planting, volunteer wood utilization project
Case Study, published January 2022
Williston
Approach: Removal and Replacement with Diversity of Species
Case Study, published September 2021
Case Studies - Outside Vermont
Chillicothe, Ohio
Approach: Preserving Urban Ash Trees
Case Study, published September 2021
Sprague, Connecticut
Approach: Focusing on Removals in a Rural Community
Case Study, published September 2021
Upper Arlington, Ohio
Approach: Staying One Step Ahead
Case Study, published September 2021
We'd like to acknowledge the following individuals and organizations for generously sharing their time and experience to help with this project: Clint Boggs (City of Chillicothe Ohio Parks Department) and Chillicothe Shade Tree Committee; Steve Cothrel (Parks and Forestry, City of Upper Arlington, Ohio); Jeff Cueto (East Montpelier Vermont Resilient Right-of-Way Project); David Carter (South Hero Vermont Select board); Bill Baron (Grand Isle Vermont EAB Task Force); David B. Gustafson (Tree Warden, Sprague Connecticut); Bruce Hoar (Director of Public Works, Williston Vermont); Chris Donnelly (Connecticut Urban Forestry Program); Mark Hockley (Pennsylvania Urban and Community Forestry Program); Alan Sam (Arborist, State College Pennsylvania); Carrie Tauscher (Indiana Community and Urban Forestry Program); Emma Hanigan (Iowa Urban Forestry Program); Mollie Freilicher (Massachusetts Urban and Community Forestry Program); and Tyler Stevenson, Ann Bonner, Alan Siewert, and Stephanie Miller (Ohio Department of Natural Resources).