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Show 4 14 1 )"" , • i '65 Forest 'Men. iPlun ;Warfare ~ :On.rDar], Beetle . Withtn the p~xt few weeks ,t\PPJ;"o"lmately 6' men i wU, .aga.in be flshtlnlt the -Engel. rnann aptuce bark beetl~ on the west end of the Asbley Na" tlonal Forestlll rcpomd Dean c. Rowland, a.sistan1 FQttst SupervIsor, this week~ ( fI fTheSQ mcrl wilt be .ta Uoned. flt the Stockmote Ranger Stat( lion nnd at the Cold Sprlllsa vu 'f\qJ2 ~(J,t\e1Y-l I &(lCC> / IQS 4 r ·5: Camp In Soapsprlngs;\1Jasln The Pl'oJ ~et will be under the direction of Donia Owen. Thi. year it 11 expected that a~pro ;xlm~tely lO.OOOI troes wUI be Bptayed~f tn thl. tyt>Ct ot work, th" Infested, tree~ I.l are firllt spotted by Ule crew foremen. The crew tber., j sprays t.he In.. dlvtdual,tree wUh' aolution whic;h Boak., through the bark and forMa a lla~ ;whIch knIJ the Insect~, D~ treBtlng tho Jnd!vfdual trees, there J. v~ry UtHe danger ~ to birds and oUt"r wildlife, ~ f ThJ! build up 01 epruce bark tJeetlel we.. first Itotlced In the Bummer of J9f10 .. d.tewl were hastUy organi2ed and b~lo,tt winter some,! ".1500 bug trees had b~en logged and (1,000 tree. J1Bd been .prayed, 'the contro, of theae bark beetle. J.lrnportant ~"r SCV~fo!o a1 feal()ns. It at lowed to con.. Un lie unchecked. they ~uld easlly wlpeo 6u t the .pruce trees on thPientlre torellt.\ThJ. 1. not 01). 1 "an Important lumber tree.. b\Jt ,18Q II!!I one 01 ,he prlnclJal ~ treel Jft «Ie pz;lmUlve area, provIding a Beenic tlttrac;tJon which would be eon8tderabl~ reduced 'WIth the JeSsI110f tt'ese beautllul trees. Mr. Rowland explained |
