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WVDA outlines spotted lanternfly trunk-application treatment strategy for county properties

County Commission of Brooke County · February 27, 2026
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Summary

Tyler Schwisow of the West Virginia Department of Agriculture detailed a five-step remediation plan focused on treating Tree of Heaven hosts using trunk-applied Pathfinder II for small trees and Transect systemic insecticide for larger trees, with safeguards near water.

Tyler Schwisow of the West Virginia Department of Agriculture presented the department’s spotted lanternfly (SLF) remediation protocol to the Brooke County Commission on Feb. 27.

Schwisow said the protocol begins by searching permitted properties for Tree of Heaven, the preferred SLF host, then marking each tree…

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