Welcome to Community Field+Forest
Urban Forests and Communities: Connected for a Resilient Future
Urban forests and public green spaces help shape healthy and resilient communities.
These living systems play a key role in mitigating the impacts of climate change and are sustained through collective stewardship.
Explore how your efforts can contribute to the the long-term health of these shared spaces.
Summer 2026 Project
Community Monitoring for Early Detection of emerald ash borer (EAB) in Alberta
The emerald ash borer (EAB) attacks and kills all ash trees.
Hundreds of thousands of ash trees are vulnerable. The environmental, social, and economic impacts of EAB in Alberta are considerable.
It has not been detected in Alberta yet.
People in their communities monitoring and sharing their observations exponentially increases Alberta’s capacity for early detection and rapid response of this invasive wood-boring species.
Resources
A double-sided Pest ID Monitoring card can be downloaded to your iPhone and/or printed to carry with you.
It will help identify ash trees and signs and symptoms of emerald ash borer (EAB), including Dutch elm disease (DED).
These single-sided posters for EAB and DED can be downloaded and shared in your community.
Watch Citizen Science Alberta project summary presentation
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Tips for iNaturalist
Tips for Tree ID
Tips for Monitoring
Tips for Reporting
