New Session! Tri-State Emerald Ash Borer Workshop
Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

On-line Registration Only - Click Here to Register

  • Check-in 8:30 AM
  • Program Start: 9:00 AM
  • Program Adjourn: 3:00 PM
  • Tree Inspector Exam Start: 3:00 PM

Early Registration: $25.00
Registration 7 to 2 days before workshop: $35.00

Must provide an email address when you register.

Program will cover management of Emerald Ash Borer and Gypsy Moth in all three states.

214 Tau Conference Center
Winona State University
511 Hilbert Street
Winona , MN 55987
(click here for directions - PDF file)

You will be emailed a parking permit when you register.
Be sure to print it out and bring it with you to the workshop.

Pre Registration Required
No registrations will be accepted at the door the day of the event.

If you do not cancel and you do not attend there is no refund.

See below for recertification credits offered and how to become a MN Forest Pest First Detector.
2009 Minnesota Forest Pest First Detector Workshops

Workshops (including Winona) are for individuals who want:

  • To volunteer be a Forest Pest First Detector *
  • In depth information on Emerald Ash Borer and other forest pests
  • To take the Minnesota Tree Inspector Exam
  • An update for MN Emerald Ash Borer First Detectors who attended training in 2008**

* Do not need to become a First Detector to attend

Five Locations:

  • TriState @ Winona, MN - April 28, 2009
  • Crookston, MN - April 20, 2009
    • scroll down for registration information
  • Hibbing, MN
  • Farmington, MN
  • Lamberton, MN

** 2008 MN Emerald Ash Borer First detectors do not need to attend to remain in the program as Forest Pest First Detectors

For more information about volunteering to help protect
Minnesota's urban and rural trees and forests:

Click to download 2009 Forest Pest First Detector workshop brochure (pdf file)

See Arrest the Pest:

All locations (including Winona) will be offering:
To Become A Forest Pest First Detector

If you want to become a Forest Pest First Detector at any of the four workshops you must:

  • Mark that option when you register
  • Provide your email address when register
  • Complete all three of the on-line modules listed to the right BEFORE you attend the training.

Just click the module link and the presentation will automatically begin on your computer. Be sure to have your computer sound turned on.

Each module includes narrated set a of slides and few questions for you to answer.

At the end of each module, you will be asked to print out a module completion form.

You only need to bring the Module 1 form to the workshop.

Module 1:

NPDN Overview and Mission

Module 2:

Minnesota Invasive Species Program

Module 3:

How to Take and Package Weed, Insect and Plant Disease Samples
To register, click on the link for the class you want to attend.

Crookston, MN - Monday, April 20, 2009

The March 26, 2009 session has been rescheduled to April 20, 2009 due to the flood.

Crookston ONLY:

  • Check-in: 7:45 AM
  • Program starts: 8:15 AM
  • Program ends: 3:00 PM
  • Tree Inspector Exam begins: 3:00 PM

25th Annual Northwest Urban Forestry Workshop
(includes Forest Pest First Detector)
Information Brochure (pdf)

Bede Ballroom
2nd Floor, Sargeant Student Center
University of Minnesota Crookston

Has different registration process, agenda times
and registration fees than the other locations.

Hibbing, MN - Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Cancelled - will not be rescheduled

Hibbing Memorial Building
400 East 23rd Street
Hibbing, MN
Farmington, MN (A) Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Dakota County Extension and Conservation Center
4100 220th St W
Farmington , MN

Farmington, MN (B) Thursday, April 2, 2009

Dakota County Extension and Conservation Center
4100 220th St W
Farmington , MN

Lamberton, MN - Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Lamberton Research and Outreach Center
23669 130th St
Lamberton , MN

Contact for more information:

Dean Herzfeld,
University of Minnesota Extension
tel: 612-624-3477
email: deanh@umn.edu

Jeff Hahn
University of Minnesota Extension
tel: 612-624-4977
email: hahnx002@umn.edu

Mark Abrahamson
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
tel: 651-201-6505
email: Mark.Abrahamson@state.mn.us

Program Partners:

Minnesota Department of Agriculture

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

University of Minnesota Extension

April 16, 2009