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By Logan Lehmann

Dutch elm disease

City set to conduct Dutch Elm Disease survey

Jul 14, 2022 | 3:00 PM

The City of Prince Albert has hired Living Tree Environmental to conduct a Dutch Elm Disease (DED) survey beginning on Friday.

The goal of the survey is to identify all American trees with symptoms of DED and violations of the provincial DED regulations on public and private lands.

The purpose of the survey was to get an extra set of eyes on the situation, something that Parks and Open Spaces manager, Tim Yeaman said is a necessary thing.

“The reason we started these surveys and having another perspective is to get that expertise,” he said. “That’s why we monitor things and if we’re not monitoring, then we can’t do anything about it and that’s when we run into that big issue of it spreading to other trees.”

One of the biggest things they’ll be looking for is elm firewood, something that Yeaman said people shouldn’t have in their possession.

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“Firewood is one of the biggest proponents to being an increase of Dutch elm disease,” he said. “The European elm beetle lives in the wood and spreads through people transporting it. Elm firewood that’s being stacked in people’s backyards is something that people can’t have.”

Although DED exists about a half hour away from P.A, Yeaman said that there are no known cases of the disease inside the city as of Thursday.

The survey will be completed on July 24.

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