Up to five more woods in Northern Ireland may have the tree disease commonly known as Sudden Oak Death. The Forestry Service revealed its fears at a meeting to advise the owners of large private woodlands. Already, two government forests and a private woodland have been confirmed as having the disease and more than 100,000 Japanese larch trees are in the process of being felled. That could take until May next year. The Forest Service wouldn't identify the...
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