Canadian Press 26\/07\/2024 14:39 New Brunswick’s maple syrup industry is considering using an insecticide to kill off forest tent caterpillars that have chewed through a portion of the province’s northwestern woodlands this summer. The province’s Department of Natural Resources estimates that the fuzzy caterpillars have caused the defoliation of about 120 square kilometres of forests on or near male syrup farms \u2014 a tough blow for an industry that has grown steadily over the last decade. Producers are fearful the result will be unhealthy trees \u2014 and lower production of syrup in next spring’s runoff, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rick Dion, president of the New Brunswick Maple Syrup Association, said in an interview earlier this week. “You walk through the forest and you hear the sounds of millions of those caterpillars eating the leaves… <\/p>\n
Canadian Press 26\/07\/2024 14:39 New Brunswick’s maple syrup industry is considering using an insecticide to kill off forest tent caterpillars that have chewed through a portion of the province’s northwestern woodlands this summer. The province’s Department of Natural Resources estimates that the fuzzy caterpillars have caused the defoliation of about 120 square kilometres of forests on or near male syrup farms \u2014 a tough blow for an industry that has grown steadily over the last decade. Producers are fearful the result will be unhealthy trees \u2014 and lower production of syrup in next spring’s runoff, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rick Dion, president of the New Brunswick Maple Syrup Association, said in an interview earlier this week. “You walk through the forest and you hear the sounds of millions of those caterpillars eating the leaves... <\/p>\n