I think the main goal of the city of Forester is to help the city responsibly manage the urban forest. Um residents can reach out with questions, concerns regarding public or private property. Uh so the urban forest is kind of public and private property. Uh so it's important to work together. Um so we we we do offer private residential, you know, consultations if residents have questions and we're happy to help. So I grew up in the northern Minnesota spending all my time outdoors. So I decided to get some education. Uh I studied biology and environmental studies in college. Then after college, I went through some internships and some research opportunities to gain more knowledge and see if I wanted to do this for a career. Then I ended up working for almost every government agency you can. So I started with the fish and wildlife service, went to the department of natural resources, worked at Anoka County, and then now four different cities uh in the metro. Blaine is developing. Uh there's growth everywhere. And I think it's really important to be part of that growth to like stand up uh for the natural areas and the and the trees in the processes of development. Uh, and I think uh that's really important uh to make sure we someone represents uh the na natural areas. Emerald ashbor and oak wilt are huge issues right now in the city. Uh I would encourage all residents to like take inventory of their private property and manage it accordingly. Uh I'm I'm here to help. I can come give my opinions and thoughts. So a lot of times with ash trees, woodpeckers attack them and then it's called flecking. It's spotting like you you see a bunch of white spots all up and down the stem and you can see it's pretty obvious. It makes the ash trees kind of look like a river birch. Uh and it's just and then it also dies. The canopy dies. Uh it's obvious for me. I look at it every day. Uh if the tree is not doing good and there's woodpecker activity, it's probably emerald ashbor. Every unprotected ash tree will most likely die. Uh and the longer you wait, the more hazardous they become. Um, so the sooner you act on them, the better. I'm here to help. I'm here to help residents if they have questions or concerns. Uh, the city is doing our best to remove all the ash trees and manage the diseases uh that we can. Um, but we got we got a long way to go, but we are where we're working hard at it.