So, we have several government agencies cooperatively monitoring the little green beetle from Korea:
The Region of York, The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, The Provincial Ministry of Environment,conservation authorities and six municipalities in the Region.
Conservation authorities are Lake Ontario and Lake Simcoe.
So there you have it:
A little green bug contentedly munching its way unimpeded under the bark of ash trees throughout the region being monitored by a dozen different government agencies.
York Region is the only media release I have received.
Nothing new is communicated. No dramatic discovery. No warnings of what to do in the citing of.
Just information and a picture of a green box hanging in a tree fifteen feet off the ground that should not be touched. They have an adhesive substance on the outside and emerald ash borer attracting substance on the inside.
There are warning signs not to touch the boxes because they might cause mild skin irritation and there's information about the emerald ash borer.
Short of spending millions of dollars over decades in a futile effort to fight the colourful critter from doing what emerald ash borers are born to do, there is no option but let them chomp away,and replace ash trees with a different species as decimation proceeds.
All this has happened before.
No great calamity ensued.
The planet has not been denuded.
The human species has survived
But we have the comfort of knowing York Region Stands Guard.
They can't do a thing about the bug.
But they are watching it.
Think of the green moolah, they have been able to dispose of in the process of not disposing of the emerald ash borer.
Thursday, 31 May 2012
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Before the big tree operations got into business, you could literally hear the gnawing sound of the tent caterpillars while walking at night. The new regulations have banned the chemicals that kept them under some control. It may not be the wee bug that they are guarding against that creates problems. Just one of the creatures natural in the Province but now without enemies.....no one knows which will go wild. But you can count on seeing the webby masses of the tent caterpillars hanging from Aurora's trees this summer.
All those new edicts are very selective & myopic. A town cannot spray certain chemicals but the Marsh farmers have special permits for their land.
Evelyn Buck is the Pied Piper of Aurora... Every time she thinks someone is doing something wrong and posts here, the board becomes place for every non-original thinker to jump on her bandwagon.
If she posted that York Region Health is wasting money by immunizing children, you would all jump on that cause too.
York Region is spending too much on white police cars.... we should buy whatever is availble... Yep! I agree! Those nuts on Yonge! You go girl!
PLEASE stop it.... have an original thought.
12:34 PM Please note that Evelyn also points out when someone is doing the right thing. You, on the other hand, are always opposed to anything she writes.
And totally without humour or originality about it.
DO NOT POST DO NOT POST DO NOT POST PLEASE
U can keep your tea mug. Wasted day besides admission it was HER reputation at risk. Sees this is all necessary. Waterloo lawyer must be costing bundle.
DO NOT POST DO NOT POST DO NOT POST PLEASE
How often does the addict blame the source of the addiction, 12:34 P.M ?
"Cry Wolf" & ignore the other predators seems to be the motto. Won't work.
Thank you for this day
My goodness 12:34 seems to have sized up this audience remarkably off the mark , once again the accusations fly without one single thread of fact or evidence to prove their point , other than, people jump on her band wagon , non original thinkers , hyperbole about immunizing children and white police cars . talk about narrowed minded thinking , go ahead and post some facts to suggest what's printed here is wrong
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