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State Funding Spurs Preemptive Action Against Invasive Pine Beetles on Martha’s Vineyard

Conservation groups on Martha’s Vineyard are stepping up proactive measures to guard vulnerable forests from the southern pine beetle, an invasive pest that has been moving northward with changing climate patterns. The Trustees of Reservations recently received a state-supported grant aimed at slowing the beetle’s spread through selective vegetation management at Wasque Reservation on Chappaquiddick.  […]

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