Forest Pathologist News Today

Do you love gardening? Consider joining the Riverside Garden Club. Aprils meeting will be held via Zoom on Tuesday, the 27th. The speaker will be Dr. Robert Marra, Associate Scientist/Forest Pathologist for The CT Agricultural Experiment Station, who comes to us with extensive knowledge about the challenges our trees are currently facing, from tropical storms, climate change and disease. Deepen your understanding of these challenges and what you can do to help.

Red pines to be harvested on Farmington hospital campus Health of trees in state of decline and pose safety issue. Share FARMINGTON — The campus surrounding Franklin Community Health Network contains acres of tall red pine trees. These trees were planted in the 1940s with the intent to harvest for lumber at maturity. The trees were planted close together, which has made them prone to disease because they were not harvested as intended, according to a news release from the nonprofit health ne...