SO—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 13,1979
NEW YORK - This
season’s gypsy moth
damage in the Northeast
was only half of last year’s,
and forests in Pennsylvania
plagued for the past eight
years with serious
defoliation were largely
spared, according to
preliminary figures from the
U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
Figures released today by
the department’s Animal
Deer hunt slated
DOVER, Del. - Persons
permanently bound to
wheelchairs are invited to
qualify for and participate in
tiie Forth Annual Handicap
ped Deer Hunt to be held at
the Bombay Hook Wildlife
Refuge near Leipsic,
Delaware.
The qualification will be
nem at me Dover Air Force
Base, Dover, Delaware Fir
ing Range on October 20,
1979 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
The actual hunt will be on
November 12 and November
16, 1979, with the times to be
announced depending on
need and participation.
ANNOUNCING
FRANCIS MAINS
Early figures show gypsy damage down
and Plant Health Inspection
Service show approximately
643,000 acres were defoliated
in the Northeast the
principal infested region
down from 1,271,990 acres m
1978. The pests stripped
approximately 8,500 acres in
Pennsylvania this year,
down from nearly 450,000
acres in 1978 and 1.3 million
acres in 1977 m the state.
“A combination of factors
caused the dramatic drop m
Prospective hunters will
be qualifying on the base
range by firing their
shotgun; using a shotgun
slug, aimed at a 12 inch
target at a distance of 30
yards. The individual must
hit the target on three con
secutive shots out of five at
tempts.
All participants must pro
vide their own shotgun, am
munition for both qualifying
and during the hunt, and an
aide familiar with deer hun
ting to assist with tracking a
wounded animal and field
dressing.
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damage in Pennsylvania/’
said James O. Lee, deputy
administrator of APHIS.
“Among the causes were the
wet, cold weather this
spring, diseases of the
caterpillars, parasites
released through state and
federal programs, and
treatment of areas expecting
heaviest damage.”
The figures, compiled
each year from aerial
surveys, also show that 100
for handicapped
Overall, the requirements
for this deer hunt are
basically the same as those
for anyone else, whether
handicapped or not.
The only conces
sion made is for those people
involved will get a ride into
the woods to a predesigned
spot. Safety cannot be stress
ed too much. Everyone is
positioned so as not to get
caught in a cross fire and the
area to be used is specially
set aside and off-limits to all
others.
The event is a coordinated
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acres in Michigan were
defoliated the first
noticeable damage ever
recorded outside the Nor
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“Even though Penn
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points up the need for con
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cooperation in developing a
comprehensive integrated
pest management approach
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such a program.
Preliminary
defohation figures are
Maine 23,180 acres, up
from 4,120 in 1978; New
Hampshire 5,980, up from
725; Vermont —15,411, down
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162,275 down from 500,046;
Pennsylvania 8,552, down
from 452,892; New Jersey
193,700, down from 204,330;
Delaware 10, up from 0;
and Michigan —lOO, up from
0.
Final figures will be ready
later in the fall.
The gypsy moth is the
most destructive hardwood
forest defoliator in the
Northeast. A single stripping
may kill an evergreen tree
and three in a row can kill
hardwoods. The caterpillars,
the only destructive stage,
become a nuisance around
homes, and heavy in
fesiations spoil the appeal of
forested recreational areas
The pests are noted for their
cychc population explosions
and subsequent collapses .
1979
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