Invasive Species

THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE DISASTROUS. IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, THE CFIA HAS MADE A MOVE TO EXPAND THE REGULATED AREA FOR EAB TO COVER MOST OF ONTARIO as per Map 1. “The presence of EAB has now been confirmed in 27 Ontario counties, and in seven areas in the province […]

CFIA to modify the regulated areas for EAB

June 8, 2014 in EAB (Emerald Ash Borer) / Invasive Species / Public Policy / Urban Forest tagged CFIA / Emerald Ash Borer / Government Policy by OUFC

In White Beech: the Rainforest Years, Germaine Greer is on a mission to save the ecology of South Australia. by Richard Maybey. http://www.newstatesman.com/2014/01/wood-of-ones-own Like it or not, Australia is now a laboratory for a gigantic experiment in biological multiculturalism, a schemata of future ecosystems that are liable to occur more and more […]

A Wood Of One’s Own

February 7, 2014 in Global Forests / Invasive Species tagged Forest Ecosystems / tree hugger by OUFC

The curious connection between an invasive beetle that has destroyed over 100 million trees, and subsequent heart disease and pneumonia in the human populations nearby The blight was first detected in June 2002, when the trees in Canton, Michigan, got sick. The culprit, the emerald ash borer, had arrived from […]

When Trees Die People Die

January 24, 2013 in EAB (Emerald Ash Borer) / Human Health / Invasive Species tagged Emerald Ash Borer / forest canopy / tree disease / Tree value by OUFC

Beech bark disease sweeping the county from The Minden Times, by Jenn Watt In 10 years’ time, maybe sooner, almost all of the beech trees in Haliburton County will be dead, dying or gnarled. According to Ministry of Natural Resources researchers, beech bark disease is making a rapid sweep of […]

Invasive Species- Beech Scale in Haliburton County

January 21, 2013 in Invasive Species tagged Beech Bark Disease / tree disease by OUFC