WINNIPEG — The warmer weather has arrived, which means it’s time for the city’s annual forest tent caterpillar control program to begin.
Starting at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, crews will be making their way through residential neighbourhoods with high pressure tree sprayers to stop the caterpillars from feeding, eventually killing them.
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The program will start in the areas of Tyndall Park, Omands Creek Industrial area, Amber Trails, Leila North, Riverbend, Rivergrove, Rosser-Old Kildonan and West Kildonan industrial.
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The organic product being sprayed on trees has been approved by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency.
Residents can apply for a 30 metre buffer zone, to exempt their property from the treatment program.
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