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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">All of the major cities and many smaller cities and towns across the Prairie Region have active urban forestry programs tied
in with active public awareness and education. Each province has at least one regional urban forestry community group or NGO. Invasive pests, particularly Dutch elm disease, are big drivers of these NGO's and of many of the municipal and city urban forestry
programs. Considering the lack of tree species diversity compared to other parts of Canada, the prairies are exposed to a higher impact of losses due to species-specific invasive pests.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">Alberta continues to be free of Dutch elm disease with active monitoring programs throughout the province via a long-standing
partnership between Alberta Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Society to Prevent Dutch Elm Disease (STOPDED). STOPDED is the NGO that administers and manages the provincial DED prevention program in Alberta. This program has also been monitoring
for other DED vectors, and through these efforts, banded elm bark beetle (BEBB) was discovered in Medicine Hat in 2006. The BEBB population has been increasing and spreading in the province since the first finding.
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a collection of wood boring insects for the Invasive Alien Wood Boring Insects Project. STOPDED is also working to have EAB included in the Alberta Agricultural Pests Act and Regulations.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">In Saskatchewan, Dutch elm disease is an ongoing concern. Overall, the provincial Ministry of Environment supports communities
with active DED management with buffer zones around 7 communities. Urban and rural municipalities outside these buffer zones are responsible for their own programs. SOS Elms is the NGO providing some support to communities. In July 2015, Saskatoon had their
first case of DED identified by surveillance staff in a Siberian elm. The city responded promptly to implement their DED response plan, quickly remove the infected tree and followed up with enhanced monitoring and surveillance.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">Other urban forestry activities in Saskatoon include updating current tree inventory system including mapping, working on recommendations
for a tree protection by-law, continued development of DED management strategy and budget, and improving soil management in new neighbourhoods for tree planting sites.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">In Regina, DED is still the number one concern as the city continues to keep infection rates low. Other urban forestry activities
in Regina include capturing GIS data on the trees the city maintains, reviewing and updating a 15 year old urban forest strategy to reflect the community planning document for the city (Design Regina), and reviewing current Forestry By-law.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">In Manitoba, the Province launched the Manitoba Heritage Tree Program in 2015, under the authority of the Forest Health Protection
Act, to recognize trees with exceptional significance to Manitobans in order to promote public awareness of the environmental, cultural, social and historic importance of trees and forests. The program is administered under a partnership agreement between
the province, Trees Winnipeg and Manitoba Forestry Association. Anyone can nominate a tree online via the Manitoba Tree Register.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">DED management is quite active in Manitoba. The province has changed their DED cost-sharing agreements with municipalities,
whereby the province will continue DED surveillance but the municipalities now have the responsibility to complete the necessary elm removals with funding support from the province. Historically, the province has removed the elms with provincial operations
staff. The intent of the province is to support communities to take a more active role in developing and managing their own urban forestry programs.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">In 2015, Winnipeg experienced its highest incidence of DED in 16 years with 6,520 elms marked for removal. The City of Winnipeg
and the Province of Manitoba continue to work in close partnership to identify improvements to DED management.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">To supplement the City of Winnipeg Public Tree Inventory and update the inventory of elms as they relate to DED management,
Winnipeg completed an elm inventory on private properties and in natural areas in 2015 - the overall inventory of American elms on public and private property in the city is now estimated to be over 236,000. An inventory of ash trees on private properties
and in natural areas has begun in 2016 to continue to prepare for emerald ash borer.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">The City of Brandon is developing an urban forest strategy. Brandon also continues to recover from damages from the major Assiniboine
River flooding in 2011 and again in 2014.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">EAB monitoring is active in Manitoba in partnership with the province, CFIA, City of Winnipeg and Trees Winnipeg.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">There are a number of concerns across the prairie region related to urban forestry that most likely resonate across Canada:</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #425010; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif;">The ongoing threat of invasive pests and the limited resources allocated to pest monitoring efforts for entry on plant material.
As the prairie conditions limit tree species diversity, there is an ongoing concern regarding limited options for replacements.
</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif;"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #425010; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif;">Quality of nursery stock and soil conditions in new developments. A variety of practitioners and municipal urban forestry programs
continue to work together to influence improvements in these areas. Related to these subjects, as we see increased urbanization and urban sprawl, budgets are not increasing to manage the increasing inventories.
</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif;"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #425010; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif;">As development continues to increase, existing trees are at risk, hence the concern for tree protection in the form of by-laws,
guidelines and/or specifications. A number of prairie cities and towns have some form of tree protection or preservation by-law although most address public trees only. Related to this subject is better collaboration for tree protection during construction
and tree replacements following construction, especially in downtown areas and commercial districts.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif;"></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">Toutes les grosses villes et plusieurs des villes plus petites de la région des Prairies ont des programmes actifs de foresterie
urbaine qui sont liés à une sensibilisation et une éducation actives du public. Chaque province a au moins un groupe communautaire régional de foresterie urbaine ou organisme non gouvernemental (ONG). Les ravageurs envahissants, spécialement la maladie hollandaise
de l'orme, sont des moteurs importants de ces ONG et de plusieurs de ces programmes de foresterie urbaine dans les villes. Compte tenu du manque de diversité dans les essences d'arbres, comparativement à d'autres parties du Canada, les Prairies sont exposées
à des pertes plus importantes causées par des ravageurs s'attaquant à des espèces particulières.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">L'Alberta continue de ne pas être touchée par la maladie hollandaise de l'orme et a des programmes de surveillance actifs en
place au niveau de la province dans le cadre d'un partenariat de longue date entre le ministère de l'Agriculture et des Forêts de l'Alberta et la
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">Society to Prevent Dutch Elm Disease</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">
</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">(STOPDED). STOPDED est l'ONG qui administre et gère le programme provincial de prévention de la maladie hollandaise de l'orme en Alberta. Ce programme surveille également
d'autres vecteurs de cette maladie, ce qui a permis de découvrir la présence du scolyte asiatique de l'orme à
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">Medicine Hat</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"> en 2006. La population de ce scolyte a augmenté et s'est étendue
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de l'agrile du frêne. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">Olds College</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"> fait aussi partie de ce partenariat pour
ajouter à sa collection d'insectes perceurs de bois dans le cadre de son projet sur les insectes exotiques perceurs de bois. STOPDED œuvre aussi pour intégrer l'agrile du frêne dans la loi sur les ravageurs agricoles de l'Alberta et ses règlements.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">En Saskatchewan, la maladie hollandaise de l'orme est une préoccupation constante. Le ministère provincial de l'Environnement
appuie globalement les collectivités avec une gestion active de la maladie hollandaise de l'orme à l'aide de zones tampons autour de sept collectivités. Les municipalités rurales et urbaines en dehors de ces zones tampons sont responsables de leurs propres
programmes. SOS </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">Elms</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"> est l'ONG qui fournit un certain soutien aux collectivités.
En juillet 2015, du personnel chargé de surveiller la présence de la maladie hollandaise de l'orme à Saskatoon a découvert un premier cas de cette maladie dans un orme de Sibérie. La ville a réagi sans tarder et a mis en œuvre son plan de lutte contre la maladie
hollandaise de l'orme, enlevant rapidement l'arbre infecté, et a intensifié son programme de surveillance.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">D'autres activités de foresterie urbaine à Saskatoon comprennent la mise à jour du système actuel d'inventaire des arbres, y
compris la cartographie des arbres, l'élaboration de recommandations pour faire adopter un règlement municipal sur la protection des arbres, la poursuite de la mise sur pied d'une stratégie et d'un budget pour la gestion de la maladie hollandaise de l'orme,
et l'amélioration de la gestion du sol dans les nouveaux quartiers pour les sites de plantation d'arbres.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">À Regina, la maladie hollandaise de l'orme continue d'être la préoccupation principale et la ville maintient le taux d'infection
très bas. Parmi les autres activités de foresterie urbaine à Regina, notons l'obtention de données du système d'information géographique (SIG) sur les arbres entretenus par la ville, la révision et la mise à jour d'une stratégie de foresterie urbaine vieille
de 15 ans pour refléter le document de planification communautaire de la ville (Design Regina) ainsi que l'examen du règlement municipal actuel sur la foresterie.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">Au Manitoba, la province a lancé le programme d'arbres du patrimoine au Manitoba en 2015, dans le cadre de la
<i>Loi sur la protection de la santé des forêts</i>, pour reconnaître les arbres ayant une importance particulière pour les gens du Manitoba afin de sensibiliser davantage le public à l'importance environnementale, culturelle, sociale et historique des arbres
et des forêts. Le programme est administré dans le cadre d'une entente de partenariat entre la province,
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">Trees</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"> Winnipeg et l'Association forestière du Manitoba. N'importe qui peut mettre
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">La gestion de la maladie hollandaise de l'orme est assez active au Manitoba. La province a modifié son entente de partage des
frais avec les municipalités et la province continuera d'assurer la surveillance de la maladie hollandaise de l'orme mais les municipalités seront maintenant responsables de faire enlever les ormes infectés avec un appui financier de la province. Auparavant,
le personnel de la province enlevait les arbres. La province entend maintenant appuyer les collectivités pour qu'elles jouent un rôle plus actif dans l'élaboration et la gestion de leurs propres programmes de foresterie urbaine.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">En 2015, Winnipeg a connu sa plus grosse incidence de maladie hollandaise de l'orme en 16 ans avec 6 520 ormes devant être enlevés.
La ville de Winnipeg et la province du Manitoba continuent de collaborer étroitement pour identifier comment elles pourraient améliorer la gestion de la maladie hollandaise de l'orme.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">Pour contribuer à l'inventaire d'arbres publics de Winnipeg et mettre à jour l'inventaire des ormes pour gérer la maladie hollandaise
de l'orme, Winnipeg a réalisé un inventaire des ormes se trouvant sur les propriétés privées et dans les aires naturelles en 2015 - on estime que le nombre global d'ormes d'Amérique qui poussent sur les propriétés privées et publiques de la ville est de plus
de 236 000. Un inventaire des frênes qui se trouvent sur les propriétés privées et dans les aires naturelles a été entrepris en 2016 pour continuer les préparations à la lutte contre l'agrile du frêne.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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causés par les inondations importantes de la rivière Assiniboine en 2011, puis en 2014.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;">Trees</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"> Winnipeg collaborent tous à ces efforts.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif; color: #425010;"></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #425010; text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif;">La menace continue des ravageurs exotiques et les ressources limitées qui sont alloués aux efforts de surveillance pour déceler
leur présence sur le matériel végétal. Comme les conditions dans les Prairies limitent la diversité des essences d'arbres, il y a toujours des inquiétudes relativement aux options limitées pour remplacer les arbres infectés.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif;"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #425010; text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif;">Qualité du matériel de pépinière et conditions du sol dans les nouveaux développements. Divers professionnels et responsables
de programmes municipaux de foresterie urbaine continuent de travailler ensemble pour encourager des améliorations dans ces domaines. De plus, les budgets n'augmentent pas pour gérer les inventaires plus gros d'arbres causés par une plus grande urbanisation
et l'expansion des villes.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif;"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #425010; text-align: justify;"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif;">Avec un développement toujours accru, les arbres actuels sont en danger et c'est pourquoi on veut intégrer la protection des
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publics. Une meilleure collaboration est nécessaire à ce sujet pour protéger les arbres pendant les travaux de construction et remplacer les arbres après la construction, spécialement dans les zones du centre-ville et les districts commerciaux.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms",sans-serif;"></span></li></ul>
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