The province’s summer spraying program to help control the spread of the destructive spruce budworm is getting underway across western Newfoundland and the Great Northern Peninsula.
Aircraft will spray treatment over approximately 90,000 hectares of forested land south of the Bay of Islands, east of Gros Morne, and extending to the Baie Verte Peninsula, as well as portions of the Northern Peninsula.
The applications will use Btk, a biological control agent which has been approved for use by the Health Canada – Pest Management Regulatory Agency.
Exact spraying times and locations can be found online.