City of Claremont complaint: Concerns about PSHB killing trees in the surrounding area.

Body (environmental project) PSHB is an invasive species are killing trees in Claremont, these infestations are rapidly spreading. Therefore, action needs to take place by the municipality as well as all members of the community. Unfortunately, the issue at hand has very limited solutions that members of the community are able to practice. Correspondingly, we are limited to trying to prevent the spread of these species instead of fighting it head on.

Recently, we have treated the unaffected trees that are in proximity of the affected trees with universal plant food to ensure those unaffected trees are as healthy as possible and therefore less vulnerable to infection. We will be monitoring the progress every week to make sure that our method has been effective.

Furthermore, we have taken pictures of the affected trees with the specific coordinates and posted it on iNaturalist to firstly, promote awareness of the effects of PSHB and secondly to contribute to the PSHB monitoring system that has been put in place by Paul Barker, Consulting Arborist. We hope to see positive results over the next few weeks and that these measures will be sufficient to prevent PSHB from spreading.