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Via commented on the political process by which spray programs are undertaken. He was involved in the process in Loudoun County and said that there is little notice or chance to study the problem on the part of affected landowners.
"So it’s best to know something about it before it actually hits,” he said.
Both men said that the moth will eventually end up in Rappahannock County in large numbers. "It’s been present for years,” Wood said.
Landowners in affected areas can ask to be exempt from the spraying, Via said. "It’s a tremendous expense, and of course everyone foots the bill,” he added. He told of areas in New England that have been sprayed for years at enormous expense with no noticeable reduction in the population.
The creature is so prolific that a spray program must kill 97 percent of all the moths in order to have a beneficial effect. “People feel so strongly about this that the last legal use of DDT was for the gypsy moth,” Via said.
New England stands once heavily damaged have now recovered in some places by the spread of diseases and parasites that strike the moth.
As for the spray program in Loudoun, residents will know later this month whether defoliation has been prevented, Via said.
The Isaak Walton League’s annual dinner matting also included short remarks by president Nela Parsons, who said that the name of the group is about to be changed to the Task Walton Conservation feamM »
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