Invasive Forest Pest Field Tour - Limerick Forest
Please join us to learn about invasive forest pests and disease that threaten Ontario's forests. During this in-person tour we will walk you through the biology, signs and symptoms and monitoring for forest pests such as emerald ash borer, hemlock woolly adelgid, and Lymantria dispar (Ldd) moth. We will also highlight newly emerging invaders like oak wilt, Asian long horned beetle and beech leaf disease, how to make an early detection and how to report sightings.
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This event is geared towards woodlot owners, community stewardship groups, forest industry workers, arborists or anyone else interested in learning more about invasive pests and pathogens that could impact our trees. We will take a small deep dive into each species, with an brief overview of the biology and life cycle, identification, the signs and symptoms your trees will exihibit and monitoring/surveying tools. We will talk about the importance of making early detections and go over how to report sightings of invasive species.
We hope you will walk away with a better understanding of forest invasives and how to identify them, where to report sightings and where to look for more information.
Upon arrival, please look for an Invasive Species Centre table and banner set up as the meeting place.
This event will continue rain or shine, please dress according to the weather. In the even of extreme weather, we will reschedule for Saturday, October 30, 2021 at 10 AM.
Please use the facilities prior to arriving as there is no access to washroom facilities on site.
Please respect public health guidelines. We encourage masks or face coverings during the tour as well as social distancing.
In the event that we have reached capacity, we will open a second session from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM.
If you have any questions about the event, please reach out to Derissa Vincentini at dvincentini@invasivespeciescentre.ca.
For the Invasive Forest Pest Tour in Ottawa on Wednesday October 27, visit 'Ottawa Tour' to register.