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General Outdoors => PGC News Release => Topic started by: CoyoteJeff on April 15, 2009, 10:27:28 PM
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GAME COMMISSION ANNOUNCES GYPSY MOTH SPRAYING PLANS
In an effort to protect wildlife habitat, Pennsylvania Game Commission officials today announced they have scheduled gypsy moth spraying for 22,113 acres of its more than 1.4 million-acre State Game Lands (SGLs) system. Spraying will cover 17 different SGLs in late April to early May, as soon as leaf-out occurs and gypsy moth egg masses hatch. In 2008, the agency contracted to spray 42,731 acres of 38 SGLs.
"Those participating in spring gobbler seasons may encounter helicopters or other aircraft spraying State Game Lands or other forested areas," said William Capouillez, Game Commission Bureau of Wildlife Habitat Management director. "We want those hunters to rest assured that the spray - Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) - is not harmful to humans, and will impact only gypsy moth caterpillars when they ingest vegetation that has been sprayed."
The Game Commission will pay $554,151.78 out of agency's federal Pittman-Robertson Grant Reimbursement (75 percent) and Game Fund (25 percent) to the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which oversees the Statewide Cooperative Spray Program for gypsy moths. Last year, the agency paid DCNR $1,349,993.58 out of agency's Growing Greener II funding for gypsy moth spraying.
For more information, please visit the Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency website: http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=11&Q=176382
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BT is a great product to use on Gypsy moths. The company I work for uses it for other things, but it is safe. The only thing I can say is if you are in a spray area. Cover your mouth and eyes until mist settles.