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Wednesday, April 17, 2024 8:55 AM
Aerial spray treatments will be done on Vancouver Island and Salt Spring Island in spring 2024 to eradicate invasive spongy moths and minimize the risk they pose to forests, farms, orchards and trees.
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024 8:45 AM
Aerial spray treatments will be done in the Lower Mainland and three locations in the southern Interior in spring 2024 to eradicate spongy moths and minimize the risk they pose to forests, farms, orchards and trees.
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Friday, May 6, 2022 3:00 PM
Josie Osborne, Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship, and Katrine Conroy, Minister of Forests, have released the following joint statement during Invasive Species Action Month:
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Friday, April 29, 2022 1:00 PM
The B.C. government will conduct aerial spray treatments in three Vancouver Island locations beginning in early May.
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Thursday, February 10, 2022 8:03 AM
The B.C. government plans to conduct aerial-spray treatments in three locations on southern Vancouver Island in spring 2022 to prevent Lymantria moths from becoming established and to minimize the risk they pose to forests, farms, orchards and urban trees.
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Thursday, January 28, 2021 12:05 PM
The B.C. government is investing another $12 million to assist with the detection and removal of invasive species, as part of its economic recovery plan to support jobs and help communities cope with the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Thursday, July 23, 2020 9:45 AM
Cindy Stern and Gail Wallin have been appointed to the Forest Practices Board for three-year terms.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019 3:00 PM
To prevent gypsy moth populations from becoming established and minimize the risk they pose to forests, farms, orchards and trees, government is planning aerial-spray treatments in three regions of the province in 2020.
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019 12:30 PM
The B.C. government is providing $575,000 to help address invasive aquatic plant impacts in a lake system near Mission, fund research on an invasive plant that affects grasslands and provide additional support for the Invasive Species Council of British Columbia.
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019 8:30 AM
Giant hogweed. Death cap mushrooms. Zebra mussels. These are just some of the species that are not supposed to be in British Columbia.
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