by Sandy Boeckh | Jun 30, 2015 | Environment, Forest & Wildlife
There are concerns over a range of invasive forest pests threatening our local forests including the emerald ash borer, Asian long-horned beetle, beech bark disease, and hemlock wooly adelgid. This report provides an overview of forest pests in the Parry Sound-Muskoka...
by Shelagh Grant | Apr 22, 2015 | Environment, Forest & Wildlife, Invasive Species, Pine Sawfly
Here is a link to the Forest Health Report included in the 2015 yearbook. Forest Health 2015
by Sandy Boeckh | Apr 26, 2014 | Environment, Forest & Wildlife, Gypsy Moth, Invasive Species
An Invasive Species of Potential Concern By Shelagh Grant An invasive species of growing concern in the northeastern United States and southern Ontario is the gypsy moth, which is capable of defoliating huge tracts of deciduous trees, usually resulting in mortality....
by David Anderson | Mar 29, 2014 | Environment, Forest & Wildlife, Gypsy Moth, Invasive Species
The Township of the Archipelago has produced a report outlining the results for the Gypsy moth pheromone traps. “Average trap catches in 2013 were 328 moths per trap, while, in 2014, average trap catches were 229 moths per trap. Pointe au Baril Islands...
