Gypsy Moth fight continues in Pa. & Md.
REFTON While tree toll Pennsylvania and Maryland,
reports due to the 1981 attack of the residents who lived through the
Gypsy Moth continue to''mount in latest invasion angrily and loudly
This is a Gypsy Moth survey traprsome 5,000 of which have
been deployed throughout Maryland this summer by the
Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Gypsy Moth Control
Section. Anyone finding one of the bright-green traps is asked
to leave it undisturbed.
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begin to look toward next year’s
war on the forest pest.
Such was the case Tuesday night
at the Refton Fire Hall in southern
Lancaster County at a public
meeting called by State Hep.
Gibson E. Armstrong.
Two principal factors emerged,
which complicated this year’s
Gypsy Moth spraying program,
and which will be at the center of
attention next year.
First is the lack of financial
commitment of public officials to
the problem, particularly at the
state level.
Second is a lack of good com
munication between officials and
residents who are directly affected
by spraying.
Representative Armstrong laid
the official problem at the age-old
dooistep of the difference in
concerns between metropolitan
and rural areas of the state. The
fight at the state level for funding
is difficult, he said, because cities
such as Pittsburgh and
Philadelphia do not identify with
the problem.
“We talk about gypsy moths,”
Armstrong said, "and they talk
about welfare.
“If there was some way to feed
gypsy moths to welfare recipients,
we could solve our problem.”
Concerning the lack of good
communication concerning
spraying, Linda Reekie, assistant
Lancaster County planner who
served as Gypsy Moth coordinator,
explained that local coordinators
would be appointed next year to
unprove communication between
residents and officials.
Residents were asked to contact
The Lancaster County Com
missioners Office to pinpoint
locations of highly infested areas.
Also, residents wishing to have
their properties considered for
spraying next year are asked to
contact the office by October 1.
At the center of considerable
controversy was the O(K>-fuot DER
regulation concerning spraying.
Some residents expressed anger at
the regulation that if a person
objects to spraying, land 500 feet
on either side will not be sprayed,
too.
Residents asked how they can be
sure their property will be
sprayed, particularly if a neighbor
objects.
Those at the meeting were urged
to apply pressure on the legislature
and other officials to appropriate
money for next year’s spraying
program.
The Gypsy Moth toll m Penn
sylvania has been set at three
million acres of forestland in 40
counties and at some 7,000 acres in
Cecil, Harford and Baltimore
counties of Maryland.
“Adverse effects from this
year's record defoliation should
only be temporary in nature,”
according to James 0. Nichols,
chief of Pa. DER’s Division of
Forest Pest Management.
“Defoliated hardwoods are
beginning to develop new leaves,”
he said.
“Although some trees, mostly
conifers, have been killed the
overall mortality rate should be
relatively light, thanks to the
abundant rainfall which has aided
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refohation.”
Nichols explained that the best
pest control can be achieved by
building more pest-resistant
forests.
“Until then, DER is obligated to
assist those people who live in
forested areas from being overrun
by caterpillars.
"A limited spraying program is
necessary, but the funds were
lacking this year and many
properties had to be eliminated
from the 1981 spraying program.
We must find some way to correct
this in 1982 or the human misery
will be compounded.”
In Maryland, some. 5,000, traps
have been distributed by the
Department of Agriculture to
determine the spread of the moth,
“The traps are being used as a
measurement tool to accurately
determine population levels and
spread of the insect,” explained
Paul Bystrak, who beads the
MDA’s Gypsy Moth control
program.
The traps are baited with a sex
scent to attract male gypsy moths
during the July breeding season.
The traps were placed the end of
June and will be retrieved in
August.
In Cecil County and all counties
west of the Chesapeake Bay, the
traps are set on-a two square
kilometer grid pattern. On the
Eastern Shore from Kent County
down, the traps are set on a six
square kilometer gnd pattern.
“Based on the number of male
moths we find in the traps com
pared with our earlier records, we
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