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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

>From this am Wash Post.  This sounds like a significant pestilence in Susan 
>Jane's neck of the woods ....bobf


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Authorities Hope Beetle Invasion Can Be Ground to a Halt
  
Crystal Franciosi, a U.S. Department of Agriculture tree climber, records her 
findings after checking for Asian longhorned beetles in Worcester, Mass. 
(Stephan Savoia - AP) 


WORCESTER, Mass. -- A wood-devouring beetle has gained a foothold in New 
England, and authorities plan to cut down large numbers of infested trees and 
grind them up to stop the pest from spreading to the region's celebrated 
forests and ravaging the timber, tourism and maple-syrup industries




http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/04/AR2008110403574.html?hpid=sec-nation