| Action Plan Reference | Action | Target Date | Lead Agency | Personnel | Fund Source | Progress at February 2001 | Year/s incorporated into operational plan |
| Elm 1 | Update policies to minimise the impact of Dutch elm disease | 1999 | LA | LA | LA | ||
| Report suspected cases of the disease | Ongoing | LA | Recorders | LA | NESBReC in the process of setting up recording cards for wych elm, expected release spring 2001 | ||
| Carry out sanitation felling | Ongoing | LA | LO | LA | Some felling has taken place but with no co-ordinated approach | ||
| Elm 2 | Analyse samples taken from suspected cases in control zones to increase understanding of the disease | Ongoing | FC | FR | FC | Some analysis has taken place but with no co-ordinated approach | |
| Monitor spread of the disease | Ongoing | LA | LA | LA | |||
| Monitor records of bark beetles, especially breeding colonies | Ongoing | LA | LA | LA | |||
| Continue research into biological control | Ongoing | FC | FR | FC | Ongoing | ||
| Run seminar on Dutch elm disease | 1998 | WEBAG | WEBAG, RS | Self -financing | Seminar attracting over 50 people in Sept. 1998 | ||
| Leaflet on Dutch elm disease and the elms the North East | 1999 | WEBAG | WEBAG, RS | AEF | Underway | ||
| Elm 3 | Continue free wych elms scheme | Ongoing | WEBAG | WEBAG | AEF | Scheme continues successfully 5,600 wych elms planted to date | |
| Contiune to encourage the planting of wych elm | Ongoing | FC | FWAG, SAC, Advisors, FC, | In kind | Wych elm is being promoted in suitable planting schemes | ||
| Set up and maintain a local provenance elm nursery | Ongoing | WEBAG | WEBAG | AEF | WEBAG (wych elm biodiversity action group) and Forvie Tree Nursery maintain local provenance nurseries for elm. | ||
| Produce and implement conservation plans for elms on publicly owned land | 1999 ongoing | LA | RS | LA | |||
| Elm 4 | Assess proportion of elms in >2Ha woodlands | 2000 | FC | FC | FC | ||
| Survey elms in areas <2Ha woodlands | 2000 | NESBReC | Local Recorders | In kind | NESBReC in the process of setting up recording cards for wych elm, expected release spring 2001 | ||
| Record all ocurences of species using wych elms as habitat and/or food | Ongoing | WEBAG | Local Recorders | In kind | |||
| Elm 5 | Run at least 2 events for the general public in which elm features | Annually | RS | RS | In kind | Events to date run at Haddo Country Park | |
| Produce interpretive display on wych elms at Haddo Country Park | 2000 | RS | WEBAG | SNH | |||
| Ensure there is at least one piece of positive publicity each year. | Annually | WEBAG | RS, WEBAG | In kind | Achieved this target |