Gypsy moth spraying has begun on over 200,000 acres of state land
Updated 10:28 AM;
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Aerial spraying of woodlands against impending outbreaks of the gypsy moth has begun across Pennsylvania.
A total of 203,569 acres at 146 sites will be sprayed through an effort led by the Bureau of Forestry in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Those sites will include 9 state forests, 9 state parks, 25 state game lands and sections of the Allegheny National Forest in 19 counties.
“As the insects emerge and begin feeding, the suppression effort will begin in early May,” said Cindy Adams Dunn, DCNR secretary. “Our recent cool, wet springs had emerged as an enemy of the gypsy moth in years past, but populations have climbed in some areas to a point where aerial spraying is needed to keep this invasive pest in check and protect the trees from defoliation.”
It’s time to ‘clean our room’
By Staff | Apr 28, 2021
To the editor:
“You can go out and play after you clean your room. You live here, remember?”
I can still hear my mother’s exasperated voice on Saturday mornings, my father growling in the background. Years would pass before I integrated that message you are responsible.
When Earth Day was founded in 1970, 20 million Americans demonstrated in cities all over the country to draw attention to the growing needs of our environment. I was not one of them. In 1970, I was graduating from college, heading to basic training and partying hard. I bet I left many more beer cans and cigarette butts in my wake than I am able to pick up today.
State parks in region on the schedule
Apr 28, 2021
HARRISBURG The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn has announced the start of aerial spraying of state woodlands to combat gypsy moth populations poised for spring outbreaks in some sections of Pennsylvania, including state parks in Clinton, Centre and Lycoming counties.
“As the insects emerge and begin feeding, the suppression effort will begin in early May,” Dunn said. “Our recent cool, wet springs had emerged as an enemy of the gypsy moth in years past, but populations have climbed in some areas to a point where aerial spraying is needed to keep this invasive pest in check and protect the trees from defoliation.”
Prince Albert Daily Herald
A University of Saskatchewan (USask) researcher, Dr. Holly Graham (PhD), has been awarded $2.5 million over five years by Public Safety Canada to implement a crime prevention program using culture as the intervention.
According to Graham, the crime prevention project provides 10 to 19-year-old students and their families on both Little Pine and Poundmaker First Nations an opportunity to connect to their traditional Cree identity. This will include the use of traditional ways to manage conflict resolution.
“It is returning to the Cree traditional worldviews and paradigms away from Western practices and policies to address community safety. Using the Cree culture to manage challenges faced by youth in these communities. So it is a return to Cree cultures, values and beliefs,” Graham, assistant professor in the College of Nursing and USask’s Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing, said.
She said the project was initiated by two Elders Austin Tootoosis of Poundmaker Cree Nation and the late Jacob Pete from the Little Pine First Nation. They approached her to work with them and apply for the federal grant that would help address a pressing community problem. “I see it as a holistic wellness plan that includes reclaiming indigeneity supporting the original family structure, bringing people together to create positive outcomes,” said Graham, assistant professor in the College of Nursing and USask’s Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing. “What’s so beautiful is that the request came from the communities, the project template was co-created with the leadership, kihte-ayak (person of many winters), and community members from these two First Nations, along with RCMP representation Sergeant Karen Pelletier, Indigenous Policing Services. Chiefs Wayne Semaginis and Duane Antoine have been vital to nehiyaw wicihitwin (Cree helping Cree). Their commitment and leade