Six Ponds Improvement Association presents Beech Leaf Disease in Massachusetts (Members Only) Members Only
Online/Virtual
Members Only Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation
We will be joining the Pinewoods Camp for their presentation by Six Ponds Improvement Association. This event is for chapter members only. The sign up link will be included in the next few chapter emails.
Perhaps you noticed the striped and curled-up leaves of the American Beech at Camp this summer? Join Nicole Keleher, Forest Health Director of the Mass Dept. of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), and Jim Rassman, DCR Service Forester, Southeastern Region, for an informal Zoom presentation about Beech Leaf Disease (BLD), a newly identified threat to our forest and urban beech trees in Massachusetts.
The program will cover
how to identify BLD the current status in Massachusetts expected impact on beech trees in the region ongoing research efforts and the exploration into treatment options