Monday, May 20, 2013
The town's planning on planting nearly 100 trees this week.
The town is planning completing its tree-planting plan this week, planting 92 trees in targeted neighborhoods. Beginning Tuesday, May 21, workers from DCR will plant in the stretches between 27 and 37 Ireta Rd., 4-10 Deergrass Rd., and 25-30 Thestland Drive, according to the town's website. Also according to the site, "This planting begins the reforestation program to try and mitigate the eyesore created by the host drive removal in the immediate area as part of the effort to combats the spread of the Asian Longhorned Beetle." The work is dependent on weather, and the town's arborist consultant Guy Shepard, will be on site assisting in the planting. Highway Superintendent John Knipe and Assistant Superintendent Daniel Rowley will handle …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
The USDA continues to survey the town; you can help.
Concern about the invasion of the Asian Longhorned Beetle has brought a flurry of calls and emails to the office of the USDA. Rhonda Santos, legislative and public affairs for USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) Eradication Program, provided Patch with information to share with locals. "We are hoping to keep residents informed as we’ve received some inquiries from residents being surprised we are surveying," said Santos, "even though we’ve been surveying in Shrewsbury for some time now. However, we do have more survey staff in Shrewsbury now than ever before." Information about surveys in Shrewsbury: USDA APHIS and Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation inspectors are working …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Shrewsbury among six communities sharing in $3 million.
Shrewsbury's battle with the beetle received some state green Monday. Shrewsbury is among six Central Mass. communities sharing in $3 million in state funding toward replanting, by 2014, 30,000 area trees impacted by the Asian Longhorned Beetle, Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray's office said in a press release. The Worcester Tree Initiative, a public-private partnership launched by Murray and Congressman Jim McGovern (D-Worcester) in 2009, has set this tree goal. Shrewsbury, Worcester, Holden, West Boylston, Boylston, and Auburn are sharing in the $3 million, Murray spokesman Reginald Zimmerman said today. The amounts for each community have not been set, he said. The first beetle was first found in Worcester in 2008, Murray's office said. In …
