EAB: What We’re Doing

Since the initial detection of EAB in the state, the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) has worked with partner groups on the Colorado Emerald Ash Borer Response Team to take various actions to manage the spread of EAB in Colorado.

The Colorado EAB Response Team is comprised of members from the following agencies/organizations:

• Boulder County
• City of Boulder
• Colorado Department of Agriculture
• Colorado State Forest Service
• Colorado State University Extension
• Colorado Tree Coalition
• Green Industries of Colorado
• University of Colorado
• USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

EAB Response Team Management Actions

• Establishing a quarantine for Boulder County and surrounding areas (the quarantine was repealed effective Dec. 30, 2019)
• Conducting outreach efforts
• Hosting EAB identification and branch-peeling workshops
• Assisting communities with tree inventories to assess the ash tree population
• Implementing detection actions to try and locate EAB outside of Boulder

Your Ash Is on the Line

This project was funded by the USDA Forest Service through a Landscape Scale Restoration grant to create and share EAB management resources for small and mid-sized communities along the Front Range.

Learn more about Your Ash is on the Line.