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Commission hears residents and staff raise environmental concerns: hawthorn/apple maggot conflict, beaver-dam removal and forest pest impacts
Summary
Meeting participants discussed potential conflicts over hawthorn removal tied to apple maggot control, recent beaver-dam disturbance that drained a pond, and regional forest health issues including spruce budworm and climate-related stresses.
Commissioners and staff heard a cluster of environmental and resource-management concerns, including pesticide/quarantine-driven proposals to remove hawthorn trees, a local beaver-dam disturbance that drained an important pond, and large-scale forest health problems possibly linked to climate change.
One participant described pressure from agricultural interests to remove hawthorn trees that host apple maggot; staff warned that removal along riparian corridors could trigger…
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