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Good Bugs Work on Invasive Species in Delaware Water Gap National Red Area
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Jul 1, 2009, 11:02 PST

BUSHKILL, PA-- Mark Mayer of the Beneficial Insects Lab for the New Jersey Department of Agriculture will talk about using beneficial insects to control invasive species in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Saturday, July 11 at 7 p.m.in a program arranged by National Park Service staff and sponsored by the Friends of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

This program will be hosted by Fernwood Resort, Route 209 in Bushkill, due to the closure of the Bushkill Visitor Center while BushkillCreek bridge repairs continue from July 7 through July 26. The talk will be given in Conference Room 1. Admission is free.

The annual Lecture series this year is being funded in part with a grant to the Friends from the National Park Foundation, the national charitable partner of America’s national parks.

Beneficial insects have been used in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area to control invasive species such as purple loosestrife and hemlock woolly adelgid. Mayer will introduce some of the most common beneficial insects in use today, as well as other insects that may be used in the future. He will discuss the research process that is done for every insect used as a biological control before the insect is released into the wild.