By Jeff Wilson– CJ Reilly and a cadre of “arborists in training” were on a mission. Reilly, Director of Education and Head of Grounds and Operations of the Irvington Woods Park and O’Hara Nature Center, along with student volunteers Sebastien Marcotte, Matthew Besidski and Wilson Lark stood in the wooded park ready to eliminate a cluster of spotted lanternflies or SLFs, an invasive species from Asia feasting on a Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima, the SLF’s food of choice.) The troops’ weapon […]
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