Grants and Contributions:

Title:

Water quality, carbon cycling, and microbial community composition in SBW-Affected vs. Early Intervention (EIS) protected watersheds.

Agreement Number:

22SBW-UNBMCM

Agreement Value:

$216,000.00

Agreement Date:

Oct 10, 2019 - Mar 31, 2022

Description:

This project is is to keep spruce budworm (SBW) populations in Atlantic Canada below epidemic levels through targeted insecticide treatments.

Organization:

Natural Resources Canada

Expected Results:

The expected result is the protection of Atlantic Canada’s forest at risk of a spruce budworm outbreak.

Location:

HAMILTON, Ontario, CA L8P 0A1

Reference Number:

115-2019-2020-Q3-08627

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

119035988

Recipient Type:

Academia

Additional Information:

Grant or contribution awarded and spanning more than one fiscal year.

Recipient's Legal Name:

MCMASTER UNIVERSITY

Program:

Contributions in support of the Spruce Budworm Early Intervention - Phase II

Program Purpose:

The Spruce Budworm Early Intervention Strategy - Phase II Program is designed to reduce the risk of outbreak in Atlantic Canada by developing and applying a novel, science-based, less-costly, and more effective forest protection approach that if successful, could prevent or limit an outbreak and associated socio-economic impact in Atlantic Canada where forestry is one of the largest economic sectors. This approach could also be applied to impending outbreaks of SBW across Canada, and potentially other defoliating insects.