Healthy Forest Partnership “In the news” features original news stories with our experts, from both French and English media sources (not translated).
New Brunswick is on the brink of another spruce budworm outbreak and the forestry industry — the largest in the province — is doing everything in its power to prevent massive defoliation like that of the 1970s.
Read moreLa tordeuse des bourgeons de l'épinette s'approche du Nouveau-Brunswick et des équipes de forestiers et de scientifiques tentent de tout faire pour empêcher l'infestation de se propager chez nous.
Read moreA spruce budworm outbreak in Quebec could kill off trees spanning an area the size of New Brunswick in the next few years and fuel more forest fires, according to Natural Resources Canada.
Read moreThe spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) is a destructive forest pest.
Read morePhotos of budworm moths coating trees and roadways in northern New Brunswick may be creepy, but a senior federal scientist says further study is needed to see if the sudden migration warrants costly, targeted spraying.
Read moreScientists at Natural Resources Canada say that about 80 per cent of the spruce budworm moths they collected after a migration event in the Campbellton-Dalhousie area last month were female.
Read moreA New Brunswick biologist with the Department of Natural Resources Canada is keeping an eye on a spruce budworm outbreak in Quebec, and she's looking for more data from citizens in central New Brunswick.
Read moreEastern Canada is seeing the beginning stages of the most recent outbreak of a spruce budworm infestation, says an expert, Rob Johns, forest ecologist with Canadian Forest Service.
Read moreElle est déjà bien présente en Gaspésie, dans l’est du Bas-Saint-Laurent et sur la Côte-Nord, la tordeuse des bourgeons de l’épinette migre vers nos territoires boisés. Des nuages de papillons blancs ont même été captés par des radars météo d’Environnement Canada.
Read moreLa tordeuse des bourgeons de l’épinette fait encore parler d’elle. En fait, c’est le papillon de ce ravageur forestier qui retient l’attention.
Read moreNatural Resources Canada (NRCan) has sought the public's help in a continuing effort to understand the migratory patterns of an insect that will cause devastating damage to forests locally, provincially and beyond.
Read moreThe swarm descended on the city in New Brunswick, Canada, in a winged mass so large it was visible on radar, blanketing cars, trees and pavement like some scene from the Bible or a Stephen King novel.
Read moreDes nuées de papillons confirment le retour de la tordeuse du bourgeon de l'épinette à Campbellton, au Nouveau-Brunswick. L'épidémie cognait depuis quelques semaines aux portes de la province.
Read moreThe millions of spruce budworm moths that have been swarming the Campbellton and Dalhousie areas seem to be dying off, but they're leaving behind an enormous mess.
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