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RICHMOND — In cooperation with the counties of Shenandoah, Page, Madison, Greene, Albermarle and Rockingham, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is proposing the treatment of 12,950 acres of forested land to suppress gypsy moth populations.
This proposal is for those areas located in the Appalachian Integrated Pest Management (AIPM) project area. The AIPM project was funded by Congress in 1987 to slow the spread of the gypsy moth south along the Appalachian Mountains and to minimize adverse impacts to the forest caused by gypsy moth population buildups.
Two classifications of forested land are proposed for treatment. The first classification, comprising 92 percent of the proposed treatment areas, is for those areas considered to be inhabited or high-use forested land. The second classification is for those forested areas considered to be uninhabited and comprises eight percent of the area proposed for treatment.
In the uninhabited areas, the objective of the proposed treatment is to reduce the impact of gypsy moth defoliation and reduce egg mass densities. In the inhabited forested or high-use areas, the objectives are to reduce the impact of gypsy moth defoliation, maintain larvae number below those levels that would be considered a nuisance by the residents and forest users, and slow the artificial spread of the moth.
These proposed insecticide treatments are to be carried out this spring, by aerial and group applica
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