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Spruce Budworm on Christmas Trees

Problem Addressed: Spruce budworm and use of insecticides effecting Christmas trees

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Control of insects on Christmas trees

Key Findings: Trees damaged by budworm or other insects should not be cut because if they are left for a few years they will often recover and become suitable for Christmas trees.

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Brook Trout Studies in the Icewater Creek Watershed

Problem Addressed: Insecticides effecting the environment

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Examine in-depth a number of aquatic and terrestrial habitats and micro-habitats and their resident animal populations to determine the nature and degree of inherent risk, the level of actual exposure, and the actual response to forest pest management strategies involving aerial applications of pest control agents.

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Brook Trout Population Study on Zectran Sprayed Area 1967

Problem Addressed: Spruce budworm control

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Determine effectiveness of Zectran for control of the spruce budworm, and effects on trout populations.

Key Findings: The application of Zectran at 0.15 pounds per acre appears to have had no immediate adverse affects on the trout populations in the sample sections.

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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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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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The Spruce Budworm in Maine in 1972

Problem Addressed: Spruce budworm in Maine

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Determine what to do to combat the spruce budworm issue.

Key Findings: Ground and aerial surveys and airport procedures were conducted as reported in preceding reports by many of the same personnel, but with a change from a centralized to a regionalized system of administration.

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Measurement and Analysis of the Activity of Adult Spruce Budworm Parasitoids

Problem Addressed: Parasitoids related to the spruce budworm

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Present results of an investigation of the spatial and temporal dynamics of adults of the parasitoid Gypta fumiferanae Vierick.

Key Findings: An important factor influencing adult parasitoids and one that may be controllable is the availability of nutrients and moisture

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Monitoring the Aerial Spraying of Insecticide Against the Spruce Budworm, in Quebec, in 1984

Problem Addressed: Spruce budworm insecticide effects

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Evaluate concentrations of Bacillus thuringiensis in the air of two municipalities of region 01 (St-Honoré de Témiscouata and Causapscal).

Key Findings: Spraying biological insecticides would constitute a negligible hazard to the health of the citizens nearby.

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Biological Assessment of Aerial Forest Spraying Against Spruce Budworm in New Brunswick III. Effects on Two Overwintering Parasites

Problem Addressed: Spruce budworm in Eastern Canada and Maine

Key Findings: This instance of increased per cent

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Bacillus Thurigniensis Operational Project – Spruce Budworm Control in Maine

Problem Addressed: Spruce Budworm

Goal(s)/Objective(s): Study the effects of five treatment variations of Bacillus thuringiensis against the spruce budworm in Maine in 1979.

Key Findings: Report of the efficacy of the 'BT' formulations in reducing spruce budworm populations and providing foliage protection

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