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Volunteers helping Conservancy scientists combat a non-native species at Licking Creek Preserve
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UNITED STATES: MARYLAND/DC
Combating an Unwelcome Insect to Save a Forest
This past spring, the Conservancy and Maryland’s natural resources and agriculture agencies worked together to control the hemlock woolly adelgid, a non-native insect that threatens forests throughout the Northeast. The partners treated 250 trees at the Conservancy’s Licking Creek Preserve, using a grant from the state’s Landowner Incentive Program. The treatment, which involves precise injections into the tree roots, is expected to kill the adelgids for the next three to five years without harming other organisms.
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