The Canadian Forest Service announced Wednesday it is releasing parasitic wasps in Ontario and Quebec this week in an effort to control the population of emerald ash borers. Read full story on CBC News. What do you think?? Leave a comment, start a discussion.
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BGWA at Bruce Heritage Show: member help required
BGWA will have a display at the Bruce Heritage Show, Aug 19-20-21. If you can help with set-up (around 8AM) or staffing the display throughout the day, or for further information on helping out, contact Ron Stewart 519-832-5548.
Update on EAB in Grey-Bruce
See this recent Owen Sound Sun-Times article for an update on the spread of the Emerald Ash Borer in Grey & Bruce counties. BGWA Board members Donna Lacey and Cam Bennett were featured interviewees in the story.
ow the Emerald Ash Borer sees may be key to stopping it
Woodlands-related news from Science Daily: This iridescent jewel beetle, responsible for the death of more than 50 million ash trees in the United States, has blazed an absolute path of destruction west since its discovery in Michigan in 2002. Recently the pest has been detected in Colorado, and just this spring it was confirmed in …
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Canadian forests a refuge as warming creeps north
Woodlands-related news from Science Daily: Boreal forests in far-northern latitudes may one day act as a climate refuge for black spruce, the foundational tree for the northwoods ecosystem -- a major source of the world's paper; home to caribou, snowshoe hare, lynx, and sable; and nesting site for dozens of migratory bird species, say researchers. …
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