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Spruce budworm's knocking at Nova Scotia's door; threatening worse wildfires and rekindling debates over whether to spray www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

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Spruce budworm's knocking at Nova Scotia's door; threatening worse wildfires and rekindling debates over whether to spray Phermone traps around the Cape Breton Highlands have shown a sharp increase this spring in spruce budworm larvae, to the point the population is expected to explode. The creature’s return raises questions that are getting very different answers from different corners of this province. Do we interfere in a natural process by aerial spraying? Can we live with the consequences if we don’t? And even if we try, will it work? https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/spruce-budworm-softwood-forests-wildfire-spraying