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Archive Home > 2007 > February > 21 > State might spray Bend's gypsy moths

State might spray Bend's gypsy moths

Residents in north Bend worry about possible health effects of insecticide

By Jeff McDonald / The Bulletin
February 21, 2007

The ODA has combated the species, which is known for its ability to destroy entire forests by causing defoliation that weakens and sometimes kills trees and shrubs, since the early 1980s. The largest eradication project occurred in Lane County in the mid-1980s when more than 19,000 gypsy moths....

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