Shenandoah National Park launches aerial attack on damaging moth

Spongy moths can strip a tree of its leaves and ultimately kill it. (Credit: National Park Service)

Virginia’s unusually warm spring has meant a bumper crop of caterpillars attacking oaks and other trees in Shenandoah National Park.  

That’s why, for the first time since 2008, forest managers have launched an aerial attack.

Sandy Hausman has that story.

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