Climate-driven stressors, non-native insects, and emerging diseases increasingly impact forest health across the Great Lakes region. Forest management strategies are required to mitigate these impacts. We examined one strategy, tree planting for adaptation to climate and emerald ash borer (hereafter referred to as adaptation plantings), as an approach for establishing tree species possibly better adapted to these stressors. This dataset describes the results from the in-depth surveys conducted with different stakeholders, including federal and state organizations, NGOs, universities, and private landowners. These surveys helped us assess the state of the practice of adaptation plantings by organizations across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, US, and Native Nations sharing this geography. Through the survey, we identified adaptation planting projects on the ground or in planning phase with the goal or climate change adaptation or for emerald ash borer (EAB) mitigation. We also identified the forest management objectives of the sites, as well as the species commonly planted, and general characteristics of the projects (e.g., size, year planted, etc.)