Gladwin County Gypsy moths
Hi everyone! We have been receiving a lot of calls from Gladwin County citizens who are concerned with the defoliation resulting from a large number of gypsy moths this year. Just to provide some clarity, here is quick rundown of the gypsy moth program over many years. Gladwin County previously had a Gypsy Moth Suppression Program that began in 1998 and was funded as a millage. The program had its own director but by 2014, it became too expensive with the fund beginning to deplete, so after meeting with the Gladwin County Board of Commissioners on March 17th of 2015, the conservation district took over the gypsy moth program and handling soil erosion permits. The agreement included the conservation district receiving an annual stipend to administer this program. However, by the fall of 2019, there was not a high enough fund balance to do county sprays and hire gypsy moth counters, so the district's agreement with the county officially ended.
With this said, please rest assured that gypsy moths will not actually kill your trees! They can heavily defoliate and stress, but there is no evidence that they will kill them. For excellent information on gypsy moths, please click the link below:
With this said, please rest assured that gypsy moths will not actually kill your trees! They can heavily defoliate and stress, but there is no evidence that they will kill them. For excellent information on gypsy moths, please click the link below:
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Office StaffTristan Hewitt, Administrator
Tristan.Hewitt@macd.org Nia Becker, Forester Clare (989-539-6401) nia.becker@macd.org Greg Dunham, Soil Erosion Tech gdunham24@gmail.com Ken Wawersik, MAEAP Tech Isabella (989-772-9152, Ext. 3) ken.wawersik@mi.nacdnet.net |
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