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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Homestead] Beetle Invasion in N.E.
  • Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 05:15:53 -0800 (PST)

>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







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