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New Study Calls For Stepped-up Forest Pest Prevention

trees in the forest

A just-released scientific study says imported forest pests such as the Asian longhorned beetle and emerald ash borer are causing more than $2 billion in damages each year in the United States.

The report by a team of 16 scientists lead by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and the Harvard Forest calls for stepped-up efforts to prevent insects and disease from destroying our nation’s trees. 

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Dr. David Orwig, a senior scientist at Harvard Forest and co-author of the study.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.
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