{"id":2566,"date":"2019-05-03T03:32:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T03:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/?page_id=2566"},"modified":"2021-07-30T15:29:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:29:42","slug":"exotic-pests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/invasive-species\/exotic-pests\/","title":{"rendered":"Pests, diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/5232624\/10-trees-to-emerald-ash-borer\/\"><strong>10 trees to be removed from DeWolf Park after HRM detects Emerald Ash Borer infestation<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBy Alexander Quon for Global News, May 2, 2019. &#8220;Halifax Regional Municipality is removing 10 ash trees in DeWolf Park after they detected an invasive beetle species in the area&#8230;The Emerald Ash Borer is a highly destructive invasive species from Asia that has been present in Canada since 2002. However, it was first detected in Nova Scotia last year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/2019\/04\/18\/please-keep-an-eye-out-for-the-hemlock-vampires\/\"><strong>Please keep an eye out for the \u201cHemlock Vampires\u201d<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPost on this website, April 18, 2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/2018\/09\/11\/new-documentary-on-hemlock-wooly-adelgid-in-nova-scotia\/\"><strong>New documentary on Hemlock Wooly Adelgid in Nova Scotia<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPost on this website on September 11, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nsforestnotes.ca\/2018\/03\/12\/diseased-beech-increasing-other-hardwoods-declining-in-ne-north-america-could-a-2nd-exotic-beech-pest-to-enter-na-via-nova-scotia-redirect-change-again\/\"><strong>Diseased beech increasing, other hardwoods declining in NE North America \u2013 could a 2nd exotic beech pest to enter NA via Nova Scotia redirect change again?<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPost on NSFN, Mar 12, 2018. Beech leaf miner is present at Sandy Lake &amp; Environs<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/natr\/forestprotection\/publications.asp\"><strong>Forest pests (Nova Scotia)<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThis NSDNR site includes information sheets on specific pests, newsletters and Annual reports (2007 and 2011)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nsforestnotes.ca\/forestry\/pests\/ticks\/\"><strong>Ticks\/Lyme<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPage on NSFN. &#8220;The first line of defence is to know where and when one could get bitten by ticks carrying Lyme disease and to take precautionary measures accordingly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6887\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/HWAsignSandyLk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6887\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6887\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/HWAsignSandyLk-688x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/HWAsignSandyLk-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/HWAsignSandyLk-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/HWAsignSandyLk-768x1143.jpg 768w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/HWAsignSandyLk-1032x1536.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/HWAsignSandyLk.jpg 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sign at Sandy lake Beach Park (June 21, 2021)<em> Click on photo for larger version<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 trees to be removed from DeWolf Park after HRM detects Emerald Ash Borer infestation By Alexander Quon for Global News, May 2, 2019. &#8220;Halifax Regional Municipality is removing 10 ash trees in DeWolf Park after they detected an invasive &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/invasive-species\/exotic-pests\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2053,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2566","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2566"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6888,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2566\/revisions\/6888"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/sandylakebedford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}