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Budworm Fighters Seek New Weapons

Problem Addressed: Spruce budworm and environmental issues from insecticides

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Explain New Brunswick's fight against spruce budworm issues.

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Budworm Surveys – Maine 1970’s.

Problem Addressed: Spruce budworm in Maine

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Outline Maine's standings with spruce budworm in the 1970's.

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Canadian Forestry Service Pith to Periderm

Problem Addressed: Spruce budworm

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Present the facts in as palatable a form as possible to help clear up any of the misconceptions that are appearing as budworm "experts" proliferate at a rate approaching that of the budworm itself.

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Budworm-Caused Mortality and 20-Year Recovery in Immature Balsam Fir Stands

Problem Addressed: Spruce budworm-caused tree mortality and stand recovery

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Examine extent of budworm-caused tree mortality and stand recovery over a 20-year period following a spruce budworm outbreak.

Key Findings: There was no clear relationship between volume loss and stand characteristics, but mortality did tend to have a strongly contagious distribution in the stand.

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Executive Summary for CFRU Research Bulletin 3 Impact of the Spruce Budworm in the Maine Spruce-Fir Region: 1975-1979

Problem Addressed: Spruce budworm in Maine

Goal(s)/Objective(s): To document the growth and mortality effects of the spruce budworm in Maine's spruce-fir region

Key Findings: Summarized results of the 400+ plot survey of the impact of the spruce budworm in Maine from 1975 to 1979.

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Chemical Accountability of Forest Pest Control Products

Problem Addressed: Chemical effects of forest pest control products on other parts of the forest

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Review methods development for forestry chemicals at residue levels and environmental chemistry (distribution, persistence, movement, fate, etc.) of these chemicals in different components of the forest.

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Comments o the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) for 1981-1985 Budworm Program in Maine

Problem Addressed: Spruce budworm programs

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Explain differences between the 1980 EIS and the 1981-85 DPEIS.

Key Findings: The DPEIS should have included figures estimating such funding so that the public would understand that the landowners are getting significant assistance even without funding for insecticides.

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Condition of the Fir-Spruce Forests on Cape Breton Island Five Years After the Onset of the Current Spruce Budworm Outbreak

Problem Addressed: Spruce Budworm

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Determine the condition of fir-spruce stands as a result of the current spruce budworm outbreak.

Key Findings: Over 25% of balsam fir is dead on the Central Highlands of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, another 10% is dying and over 50% is heavily defoliated.

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Maine Cooperative Spruce Budworm Suppression Projects, Block Planning and Guidance Procedures for Spray Aircraft Draft

Problem Addressed: Spruce Budworm

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Serve as a management guide to project planners and to inform interested parties of procedures employed.

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Controlling Hardwood Sprouts with Foliage Sprays

Problem Addressed: Controlling unwanted hardwood reproduction

Goal(s)/Objective(s): A more effective, less destructive way to deal with the unwanted hardwood reproduction is necessary.

Key Findings: For forest management, fairly low percent kill with decreased rate of regrowth for 2 or 3 seasons may be adequate to give pine the release it needs.

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