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[12/29/08] Today on Field Notes: a look at the multi-year, multi-million dollar effort underway in Worcester, Massachusetts, to control a massive infestation of the Asian Long-horned Beetle. This month crews are beginning the process of cutting down thousands of trees in the most heavily infested areas of the city. As naturalist Laurie Sanders reports, the insect is considered to be one of the most serious threats to North American hardwood trees. [See City of Worcester and US Forest Service for more information]
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[12/22/08] Since the 1990s ash trees in our region have been weakened and killed due to the invasion of a new disease called Ash Yellows. This week on Field Notes naturalist Laurie Sanders reports on another threat to ash in America--the Emerald Ash Borer. To do that, she catches up with a Massachusetts researcher who's researching how to control this new invasive pest. [More info on the Emerald Ash Borer]
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[12/15/08] During the last 300 years, thousands of plants and animals have been introduced into North America from other parts of the world, some intentionally, others accidentally. This week on Field Notes naturalist Laurie Sanders focuses on the natural history of a relatively new insect pest called the winter moth. [See UMass Extension: Winter Moth Identification]
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[12/08/08] This week on Field Notes naturalist Laurie Sanders profiles Northampton resident Silas Kopf, an acknowledged master of the ancient craft of marquetry and a founder of the Good Wood Alliance, an organization committed to forest conservation and making sustainably-harvested wood available. [See Silas Kopf Studio] |
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Field Notes airs each Monday during Morning Edition at 6:30AM and 8:30AM.
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