Northern Ontario defoliation likely the work of budworm, researcher says – CBC

Even when he’s on vacation, Taylor Scarr can’t help but notice the trees. English Only To read more…

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Spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) is a cyclical native needle-eater of mostly balsam fir and white spruce. English Only To read […]

The provincial government says up to 40,000 hectares of forested area on the Great Northern Peninsula will be subject to […]

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Another year of experimental treatments for the Early Intervention Strategy (EIS) have come to pass. The 2020 treatments began on […]

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We are facing many uncertainties as we work together to navigate the unknowns of a global pandemic. But one thing […]

A program to control the spread of spruce budworm in New Brunswick will proceed this year, with precautions being taken […]

Researchers say the results of their early intervention approach for preventing a spruce budworm outbreak in New Brunswick are encouraging. […]

Clearly, preventive efforts deployed against the spread of the spruce budworm in New Brunswick are meeting with success. But we […]

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The most recent fight against the damaging spruce budworm is being won, so says one of the people in charge […]

Spruce budworm populations are currently high in the province of Quebec and causing significant defoliation affecting over 9.6 million hectares […]