Fraser Valley/Victoria – The Province will conduct aerial spray treatments and one ground treatment in six specific Lower Mainland locations this spring.
These always controversial treatments will prevent lymantria moths, formerly known as gypsy moths, from becoming established and to minimize the risk they pose to forests, farms, orchards and urban trees.
Approval was received by the Ministry of Forests to amend its existing pesticide use permit that was issued in March 2021 for lymantria moths.
The planned 2022 treatment areas in the Lower Mainland are:
- Burnaby (193 hectares near Brentwood Mall);
- Surrey (108 hectares in the Grandview Heights area);
- Mission (341 hectares);
- Chilliwack (49 hectares along Chilliwack River Road);
- Langley (362 hectares); and
- Coquitlam ground spray (41 hectares, centred on United Boulevard).
There are planned protests for Tuesday May 3 and Thursday May 5 by the Chilliwack River Valley Outdoor Learning Program.
This will happen by the Vedder Bridge to Cultus Lake (Vedder and Chilliwack Lake Road)
The program’s Joy Watson-Finnigan told FVN that this is a great teachable moment for her students:”Our program is going to hold up signs at around 2:30PM on Tuesday and Thursday this week to raise awareness of lymantria moth spray.” Glyphosate is used as “to spray vegetation” they spray glyphosate (and triclopyr and 2,4-d) on conifer plantations So we will cover both as they both impact ecosystem.”
The Chilliwack River Valley Outdoor Learning Program (CRVOLP) is a fully insured “independent” program that connects children with nature, each other and themselves. We believe that children who foster a connection to nature feel academically, socially, physically, and emotionally healthier.
