Treatment of the Loring Park Neighborhood on Gypsy Moths by the MN Department of Agriculture

Facilitator: Dr. Lee Frelich

ZOOM Host: Terri/Basilica of St Mary

Topic: Gypsy Moth Session - Citizens for Loring Park Community

Time: Apr 19, 2021 06:30 – 7:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)Virtual meeting.

Join Zoom Meeting at 6:30PM on 4/19.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87607002852?pwd=VXB2RFZwTklzVGRhRGlDYmJuMnhoZz09

Meeting ID: 876 0700 2852

Passcode: 570819

Gypsy moth is non-native invasive tree defoliator that feeds on over 300 species of trees and shrubs. And, unfortunately, it's here in Minneapolis -- but proper management can delay costly impacts to our local economy. The City of Minneapolis is proposing to manage gypsy moth in one 22-acre site in the Loring Park neighborhood. Similar to the 2018 Lowry Hills site, two applications of Bacillus thuringiensis v. kursaki (Btk) are being proposed; however, unlike the Lowry Hill site this block will be applied from the ground using ground application equipment and bucket trucks instead of aerially using low flying aircraft. Btk is a biological organic certified insecticide that affects only moth and butterfly caterpillars that are small and actively feeding at the time of application. It is not toxic to humans, mammals, bees, birds or fish. Have questions? Want to know more? Visit www.mda.state.mn.us/gmtreatments for more information on the 2021 gypsy moth proposed project and for an interactive map.