I wanted to give you a special invitation to attend a meeting Tuesday night, Nov. 18, 7 PM at the Learning Collaborative on Rt 5, with UVM Researcher and Entomologist Dr. Margaret Skinner.
After monitoring by the Dummerston Conservation Commission for Hemlock Wooley Adelgid showed this invasive insect throughout our town, the State of Vermont began a research project on using native fungi to control it. One of the research plots is near the Dummerston Town Garage. Dr. Skinner will report on the results of this study, and describe other efforts to deter the spread of HWA.
I look forward to seeing you at this important meeting.
Tuesday, November 18th, 7:00 pm
The Learning Collaborative
471 Rte. 5, Dummerston
1.8 miles north of exit 3 rotary
The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid is a small, aphidlike insect from Asia that threatens the health of hemlock trees in the eastern U.S., including Vermont.
Tree damage typically occurs within 4 to 10 years of infestation. The insect produces a protective wooly covering, which can be readily observed from late
fall to early summer on the underside of the outermost branch tips of hemlocks.
Entomologist Margaret Skinner will discuss how this insect pest is threatening Vermont's hemlocks, and will put forth a possible solution: insect-killing fungi.
Dr. Skinner is a Research Professor and Extension Entomologist at UVM.
This position was created in response to the Vermont and Chittenden County Sugar Makers Associations, who felt that research on the management of insect pests of sugar maple was essential to the maple syrup industry of Vermont. Skinner's research deals primarily with different aspects of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), and involves a variety of insect species.
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