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Gypsy moth program coordinator named
HOT SPRINGS - Robert E. Grace, president of Valley Gypsy Moth Program Inc., has been selected to provide the services of gypsy moth coordinator for Bath County. He and his associate, Debbie Layman, will provide an assessment of the need for gypsy moth spraying in the spring of 2008. Grace and Layman have provided gypsy moth coordinator services to Bath County before.
The work will follow the guidelines established by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for a Virginia Cooperative Gypsy Moth Suppression Program. Grace and Layman will be available to educate and advise landowners, explain insecticide choices, provide forms and explain program requirements. Participating residents are billed and pay spray fees to the county treasurer. Funds are deposited to an account which is used by the county to pay the program costs.
The gypsy moth coordinator will make a proposal to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services of the areas which will need to be included in the state's spraying program.
A public information meeting will be scheduled and advertised for mid- to late November. For more information contact Grace at (540) 896-8686.
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