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Monthly Archives: November 2009

Asian Longhorned Beetle – GWLT in Worcester

The Greater Worcester Land Trust has been holding Asian Longhorned Beetle hunts to train volunteers to look for signs of the beetle infestation in the Worcester area. You can help them survey for the Asian Longhorned Beetle on conservation land around Worcester. For more information, Contact Anne at 508-795-3838 or ann@gwlt.org. Surveying for the ALB is an [...]
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Arborjet Helps USDA Fight Asian Longhorned Beetle

In the spring of 2010, The USDA plans to treat thousands of trees in the Worcester area using Arborjet tree injections.  Chemicals will be injected directly into trees to protect them from Asian Longhorned Beetle. Since August 2008, when this invasive pest was first discovered in Worcester, the USDA has worked hard to reduce the Asian [...]
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Green Bay DNR Searching for Ash Borer

“Once you find this tree that’s infested, you know it’s there so the uncertainty is over,” said Bill McNee from the Department of Natural Resources.   Last week crews in Green Bay started searching for signs of Emerald Ash Borer larvae galleries in the wood of 8 ash trees.  Earlier this year, there were also emerald ash [...]
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