{"id":632947,"date":"2026-05-09T14:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/632947\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T14:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:03:14","slug":"dcnr-to-spray-thousands-of-acres-in-forbes-state-forest-to-combat-fall-cankerworms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/632947\/","title":{"rendered":"DCNR to spray thousands of acres in Forbes State Forest to combat fall cankerworms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is set to begin treating 5,345 acres in Forbes State Forest for fall cankerworms.<\/p>\n<p>The six aerial treatment blocks are in parts of Somerset and Fayette counties.<\/p>\n<p>Those areas have seen pest damage in recent years, as well as drought, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/dcnr\/conservation\/forests-and-tree\/insects-and-diseases\/other-insects-and-diseases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">DCNR officials said makes trees more vulnerable and could hinder forest <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/dcnr\/conservation\/forests-and-tree\/insects-and-diseases\/other-insects-and-diseases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">recovery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fall cankerworms, a native insect, feed on the foliage of broadleaf tree species, such as oaks. Eggs hatch in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>The treatments will happen around the same time as targeted aerial treatments on 3,100 acres to combat spongy moths elsewhere in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said they hope both suppression programs can minimize forest defoliation so trees can stay healthy. The insecticides will be sprayed by two helicopters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is set to begin treating 5,345 acres in Forbes State&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-632947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}