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Title:

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR APPLICATION OF INSECTICIDES IN EARLY SPRUCE BUDWORM INTERVENTION

Agreement Number:

26SBW_FPL_BM

Agreement Value:

$3,000,000.00

Agreement Date:

Jul 6, 2023 - Apr 30, 2026

Description:

The purpose of the Best Management Practices research project is to develop a set of practices for the application of pesticides in an early intervention strategy context.

Organization:

Natural Resources Canada

Expected Results:

The Project will provide guidelines for 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 E3B 7E6

Reference Number:

115-2023-2024-Q2-13997

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

107863888

Recipient Type:

Government

Additional Information:

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

Recipient's Operating Name:

Forest Protection Limited (FPL)

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.