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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We (Halifax Regional Municipality) are experiencing a particularly bad year for the Japanese beetle. It is voraciously feeding on our right-of-way and park trees, and we are especially concerned about our juvenile trees that have been planted
within the past couple of years. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m wondering if any municipalities have experience/advice dealing with this. Any information about interventions (or a lack of) that did or did not work is appreciated!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Natalie <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00244A;mso-ligatures:none">NATALIE JACKMAN</span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00244A;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00558C;mso-ligatures:none">CONTRACT SUPERVISOR</span></b><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FF6565;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00558C;mso-ligatures:none">URBAN FORESTRY | PUBLIC WORKS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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C. 902.483.9943 </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Halifax Regional Municipality is located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and traditional lands of the Mi’kmaq people. The municipality acknowledges the Peace and Friendship Treaties signed in this Territory and recognizes that we are all Treaty People.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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