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MDA cancels proposed spongy moth management due to lack of funding
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) originally proposed 12 areas in Minnesota to be aerially managed for spongy ...
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Spongy Moth Management in 5 MN Counties Canceled Due to Lack of Federal Funds
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture's proposal to manage spongy moth infestations in five counties across eastern ...
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Moth spraying canceled
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has canceled aerial spraying for spongy moth this spring, another victim of the ...
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Minnesota's spongy moth mitigation plan canceled due to lack of federal funding, ag officials say
Lisa has been fascinated by the weather all her life. She obtained her Bachelor ... Btk to 12 areas throughout the state to fight the spongy moth, whose voracious appetite is devastating to ...
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Winona County cancels spongy moth management plans a week after La Crosse County is added to quarantine list
La Crosse County was added to spongy moth quarantine list last week. Today, neighboring Winona County announced the ...
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Mothballed: Without federal funds, state cancels spongy moth treatments
DULUTH — Plans to spray for spongy moths in five Minnesota counties, including three in the Northland, have been scrapped after the federal funding for the aerial treatments didn't come through.
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Minnesota’s spongy moth mitigation plan canceled due to lack of federal funding, ag officials say
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture planned to apply an insecticide called Btk to 12 areas throughout the state to fight the spongy moth, whose voracious appetite is devastating to forests.