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Monday, December 31, 2012
The New Jersey Forestry Service has grants available to suppress the tree-killing southern pine beetle, but not many municipalities or private landowners have applied for the grants. New Jersey State Forester Lynn Fleming said not a single municipality has taken the state up on $10,000 grants and fewer than 10 individual...
Monday, December 17, 2012
With the weather getting colder and more people purchasing firewood to heat their homes, Maryland and other states are reminding citizens how they can prevent the spread of invasive species.
In a press release sent out by the Maryland Department of Agriculture, they give some details on the devastation the Emerald Ash...
Friday, December 14, 2012
The death rate of many of the biggest and oldest trees around the world is increasing rapidly, scientists report in a new study in Friday’s issue of the journal Science. They warned that research to understand and stem the loss of the trees is urgently needed.
The research team found that big, old trees are dying at an...
Friday, December 14, 2012
The Tennessee Agriculture Department's Forestry Division has released predatory beetles at the Martha Sundquist State Forest in Cocke County.
The beetles feed on hemlock woolly adelgids (ah-DEL'-jids), an invasive pest killing hemlock trees from Maine to Georgia. Forestry officials hope the predatory beetles will control...
Friday, December 7, 2012
State Foresters met with Butch Blazer, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, this week to discuss priorities established by NASF for the next term of the Obama Administration.
The priorities include:
I. Commit to Protecting the Nation’s Forests, Rangelands and Communities from Wildland Fire
II...
Friday, December 7, 2012
UC Berkeley Forest Pathology Lab will hold a Sudden Oak Death webinar from 11 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Dec. 11. The webinar will cover the most important aspects of the epidemiology of Sudden Oak Death and how to use the knowledge recently acquired on the biology of the SOD pathogen to maximize the efficacy of preventive...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The nearly microscopic brown insect is called red pine scale and was detected at Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown in August. Although it's small in size, it has been causing problems for other states for years.
This is the first documented case of the insect in New Hampshire, though the bug’s been a longtime headache in...
Monday, November 26, 2012
An army of rice-grain-sized beetles, attracted by warming weather, has moved into Canada's western forests, where its tree massacre is causing the mercury to rise yet further, a new study says. The voracious horde of mountain pine beetles has invaded about 65,000 square miles -- a fifth of the forest area of British...
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Across the nation, invasive insects and diseases threaten to destroy shade-lined streets, forest industries, and agriculture. In a new documentary, Trees, Pests & People, The Nature Conservancy’s Forest Health Protection Program interviews concerned citizens and scientists about their stake in tree health across North...
Thursday, November 15, 2012
The USDA recently announced a $9 million grant to the Citrus Research and Development Foundation at Lake Alfred, Florida to battle Citrus Greening Disease. Greening disease threatens more than 1 million commercial citrus acres with an annual production value of approximately $3 billion. Estimates show yearly losses could...
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