Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Best Management Practices for Application of Insecticides in Early Spruce Budworm Intervention
Agreement Number:
23SBW_FPL_BM
Agreement Value:
$1,000,000.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023
Description:
develop a set of best management practices for the application of pesticides in an Early Intervention Strategy context.
Organization:
Natural Resources Canada
Expected Results:
project will be used to guide future budworm management plans by providing knowledge on the optimal does, application rates and timing of treatments needed to produce sufficient budworm mortality to achieve population control.
Location:
LINCOLN, New Brunswick, CA E3B7E6
Reference Number:
115-2022-2023-Q1-13520
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
For-profit organization
Recipient's Legal Name:
FOREST PROTECTION LIMITED
Program:
Contributions in support of Spruce Budworm Early Intervention Strategy - Phase III
Program Purpose:
The objectives of the program are to: Reduce SBW populations in Atlantic Canada’s forests to prevent development of an outbreak, tree defoliation and wood supply loss, through small area target-specific insecticide application; and, improve knowledge and tools to address current and future SBW outbreak development and spread.