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A fly-by-night assault on mosquitoes
Sun StaffThe sun begins its descent toward distant pines as Paul Nuwer taxis the white, twin-engine turboprop plane onto Runway 3-4 at Cambridge Dorchester Municipal Airport. Nuwer revs the engines to 42,000 rpm, releases the brake and accelerates the aircraft to...Tags: Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Transportation, Diseases and Illnesses, Agricultural Research and Technology, Air Transportation
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Md. manufacturing to grow little
Sun StaffThe good news on the manufacturing front for the coming year is that most of the bad news has already arrived. On the downside, economists say they don't expect much growth in the sector in 2001. "From Maryland's perspective, their bad news is over,"...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Hunt Valley, Machine Manufacturing, Charlotte, Federal Reserve
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Lake elementary students sickened by insecticide on school bus ride
Several Lake County elementary students were sickened by the smell of insecticide on a school bus Friday morning, prompting the school to call for emergency medical attention, officials said.
The children, mostly Minneola Elementary Charter School...Tags: Lake County Sheriff's Office, Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Students, Chemicals
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Bagworms have hatched!
Lehigh Valley Master GardenersBagworm is a common landscape pest. Bagworm is actually a member of the Lepidoptera family of insects which includes butterflies and moths. Bagworms eat foliage of a lot of landscape plants. I often find them on arborvitae, Douglas fir, pine,...... -
A one-man war on cigarette butts
Twelve years ago, Rolland Schattschneider went to war. The enemy: cigarette butts. He hunted them with a vengeance — along sidewalks, at intersections, outside a local school. He picked them up with gloved hands or a mechanical claw, stabbed...Tags: Rivers, Tobacco Products, Bodies of Water, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Conservation
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Super weeds no easy fix for US agriculture-experts
Reuters* Lack of new herbicides cited as problem * Better field management needed, experts say * Solutions to be costly, incentives floated By Carey Gillam WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - A fast-spreading plague of "super weeds" taking over U.S. farmland will...Tags: Dow Chemical Co., U.S. Department of Agriculture, Monsanto Company, National Government, Agriculture
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Destructive stink bug found in Somerset County
Daily American Sunday EditorThe brown marmorated stink bug — an invasive species officials have been worried about for more than a year — has been confirmed in Markleton. The voracious plant-eater, identified by scientists at Pennsylvania State University, was found...Tags: Tomatoes, The Pennsylvania State University, Allentown, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Chemicals
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Should landowner top evergreens to retrieve mountain view?
Your website is very useful. We live in the Adirondacks. There are about a dozen large pine trees beginning to impede our view of the mountains. I was thinking of cutting them down but I would prefer to trim the top 10 to 20 feet off. (email reference)...Tags: Asparagus, Forestry and Timber, Natural Resources, Forests, Chemicals
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Colorado and blue spruce trees don't require a lot of water
Q I have 25 blue and Colorado spruce trees that I bought in containers. The trees grew about a foot last summer, but some are turning brown. How much should I be watering these trees and should I put mulch around the base? What kind of fertilizer do you...Tags: Chili, Foods and Beverages, Chemicals, Fertilizer
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Icky Invasion: Many tree owners want to get rid of tent caterpillars often called bag or web worms
Reporter, PhotographerGREENE COUNTY, Mo. - All across the Ozarks tree owners are noticing what's often called an icky invasion. The presence of eastern tent caterpillars is also a sign of spring. Eastern tent caterpillars are creating large white nests or tents in many trees....Tags: First Aid, Chemicals
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Emerald ash borer infestation spikes in McHenry County, state
TribLocal - Crystal Lake » NewsAn infestation of emerald ash borer continues to ravage McHenry County, destroying thousands of ash trees with seemingly no end in sight. The tree-killer has …... -
Scientists release wasps to control citrus pest
L.A. at HomeUC Riverside scientists release 300 Pakistani wasps, Tamarixia radiata, in hopes that they feed on the Asian citrus psyllid currently threatening the state's citrus crops....
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