WVDA Proposes 16,000-plus acres be treated for Invasive Spongy Moth Pest

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA), in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service, has proposed the treatment of 9,679 acres in Wirt and northern Roane Counties and 6,960 acres on the Mingo-McDowell County line to slow the spread of spongy moth (formerly gypsy moth). Spongy Moth is an invasive pest that feeds on hundreds of North American plant species …