Video: Gypsy moths in Monkton

June 24, 2021

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uafh5Z7CZLc&t=1s MONKTON — David Brynn, executive director of Vermont Family Forests, recently gave the Addison Independent a guided tour of a section of Little Hogback Community Forest that is particularly inundated with Lymantria dispar dispar (LDD), also known by the unfortunate moniker “gypsy moth.” Learn more in Christopher Ross’ story.

Moth outbreak plagues our forests

June 24, 2021

MONKTON — There’s a spot in Monkton’s Little Hogback Community Forest, about a quarter-mile up a logging trail, that last Friday felt like a dividing line between spring and fall.Downhill from the trail, maple, young ash and other trees provided the cool … (read more)