BOSTON (AP) - Central Massachusetts communities will be receiving $1 million
in federal funds to replant trees in areas affected by Asian Longhorn Beetle
infestations.
On Monday, Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern and state and
federal officials announced the funding, which was awarded by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service
The money will be used by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and
Recreation to replant about 2,000 trees in areas where trees were removed during
efforts to eradicate the beetle.
The beetles, native to China, were first discovered in Worcester in 2008. The
insects kill trees by tunneling through them.
A separate tree-replanting program, funded by federal stimulus dollars, has
already replanted 13,500 trees in Massachusetts.
PHOTO CREDIT: United States Department of Agriculture
