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Index of Subjects This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_000_01BFEB33.41948630 Content-Type: text/plain For your information, I have learned the following from the Forest Service concerning the planned harvest of red spruce in Point Pleasant Park: The brown spruce longhorned beetle (BSLB) Task Force has plans to cut only the red spruce trees with definite signs of BSLB attack. These signs include the following: * copious resin flow down the trunk, * ovo-spheroid emergence holes 4-5 mm in diam. in the bark (trees are often attacked in more than 1 year). Unattacked trees will remain in the park and will be inspected periodically. Most of the red spruce trees in the park appear to be healthy and will not be cut. The Forest Service have also assessed the crown condition of 161 trees in 8 survey plots. Of the red spruce that were studied in these plots, here are the results: * 67% of them fell in crown conditions 1-3 which are considered healthy (1 = no defoliation, 3 = less than 25% defoliation). * 8% were classes 5-6 (5 = 51-75%, 6 = 76-90% defoliation), * 25% were class 9 (dead). * 83% of the dead trees had signs of beetle attack; * 47% of the trees classed as healthy had been attacked by the beetle (last summer, and possibly prior to that as well; trees may be attacked for 2-3 years in succession). Before any cutting is to take place, the trees will be reassessed to confirm definite signs of BSLB attack. <<point pleasant park>> -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list (sust-mar). http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/lists/sust-mar -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Sponsors: Chebucto Community Net http://www.chebucto.ns.ca Sierra Club - Chebucto Group http://www.sierraclub.ca Volunteer moderator: Paul Falvo mailto:sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca PLEASE SEND MESSAGES TO SUST-MAR IN PLAIN TEXT ONLY MESSAGES CONTAINING HTML (MIME) CANNOT BE POSTED
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