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Forestry
Public Works Facility
8635 West Point Douglas Road
Cottage Grove, MN 55016
Phone - 651-458-2808
Fac - 651-458-6080
The mission of the City of Cottage Grove's Parks is to preserve, manage, and maintain
the health of Cottage Grove's urban forest. The community's urban forest is a valuable natural resource that must
be preserved and maintained to provide a better quality of life for present and future generations. Natural
resource management priorities are placed in the following three main areas: preservation of existing natural
resources, maintenance of existing natural resources, and the installation of new natural resources.
The City of Cottage Grove Parks pledges to continue to implement management practices that will provide for a
healthy and aesthetically pleasing urban forest. The Parks is also constantly monitoring the health of our
urban trees as existing and new insects and diseases occur.
One of the major problems with our oak trees is Oak Wilt Disease. Please read further about this
potentially fatal oak tree disease in this web site. The public is always welcome to contact the parks division
with any problems associated with our trees. Be on the lookout for tree pests anytime from April to
August.
One of then new problems with ash tree is Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). Please read further about the potentially fatal EAB tree infestation in this web site.
Boulevard Tree Trimming January 2012-March 2012
Master Boulevard Tree List Flyer -Updated 05/11/2011
Diversifying Cottage Grove's Urban Forest -Updated 05/11/2011
Cottage Grove was awarded an EAB Grant
To combat the threat posed by new invasive forest pests, Forest Protection Reserve funds were appropriated from the Outdoor Heritage Fund to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA). The MDA awarded the City of Cottage Grove $75,000 to combat the threat of Emerald Ash Borer.
The urban forest is very important to the residents and businesses of the City of Cottage Grove. In order to maintain the urban forest, the City of Cottage Grove is taking an aggressive stance on preserving the ash tree population in Cottage Grove by implementing an Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Management Plan.
The goals and objectives of this project and the City’s EAB Management Plan will outline the start a twelve year project that will encompass: public outreach and education, monitor ash trees for infestation, a boulevard tree inventory, aggressive treatment of 10” to 20” boulevard, park, and legacy ash trees, and implementing a plan to remove and replace ash trees that are not included in the EAB treatment.
The following are the EAB Project goals and objectives for the next twelve years of this project:
1. Preservation, Protection and the Management of the Urban Forest.
2. Public Emerald Ash Borer and Urban Forestry Outreach and Education.
3. EAB Tree-Age® Direct Injection Treatment.
4. Ash Tree Removal and Replacement Plan.
5. Research on the Treatment of Ash Trees and the Cost Benefit Analysis of Treatment
EAB Management Plan 3/09/2010
EAB Informational Flyer Mailed in May CG Reports 05/15/2010 and 05/15/2011
Boulevard EAB Treatment Article Published in June CG Reports 06/15/2010
 Tree Disease
Tree Care
Licensed Tree Care Contractor -Updated 4/18/2011
All tree contractors are required to be licensed to operate within the City of Cottage Grove.
For information contact: cstransky@cottage-grove.org or 651-458-2814.
Rainbow Treecare
1925 Oak Crest Ave
Suite 9
Roseville, MN 55113
Phone: 651-251-3810
Email: info@rainbowtreecare.com
S&S Tree Specialists
405 Hardman Ave
South St. Paul, MN 55075
Phone: 651-451-8907
Email: info@sstree.com
St. Croix Tree Service
675 Grupe Street
Roberts, WI 54023
Phone: 651-770-3744
Email: info@stcroixtreeservice.com
All Seasons Tree Service
PO Box 600219
St. Paul, MN 55106
Phone: 612-366-7497
Warner's Outdoor Solutions
6625 Bailey Road
Woodbury, MN 55129
Phone: 651-735-2100
Email: info@warnersoutdoorsolutions.com
Bluechip Tree Company
7700 110th St S
Cottage Grove, MN 55016
Phone: 651-459-5007
Branch & Bough Tree Service
589 Ohio St
Saint Paul, MN 55107-2688
(651) 335-8655
Northern Arborists
10664 10th Street Ct N
Lake Elmo, MN 55042-9582
(651) 436-1367 |
