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West Coast beetle saving East Coast's hemlocks in NJ

10/15/2017

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West Coast beetle saving East Coast's hemlocks
David M Zimmer, Staff Writer, @dzimmernews
Published 5:00 a.m. ET Sept. 28, 2017 | Updated 12:27 a.m. ET Oct. 4, 2017
​NorthJersey.com
A tiny beetle from the Pacific Northwest may be reversing the fortunes of the region’s remaining hemlock stands.

Once thought to be doomed by a sap-stealing insect from Japan called a hemlock woolly adelgid, North Jersey’s hemlock groves now appear to be in the aftermath of a near fatal attack, said Rosa Yoo, an assistant regional forester with the state forestry service.
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A series of cold winters several years ago has received some credit for the reprieve. There is also a predatory beetle brought in from the West Coast in 2005 that Mark Mayer, the New Jersey Bureau of Biological Pest Control chief, said has helped him overcome a bought of depression.
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