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MATTHEW DEFOUR - State Journal Tammy Bieberstein is devoting her afternoons this summer to the extermination of the gypsy moth.
MADISONIAN: Tammy Bieberstein vs. gypsy moth caterpillars
Interview by MATTHEW DeFOUR
608-252-6144
mdefour@madison.com
Tammy Bieberstein, 50, has watched gypsy moth caterpillars defoliate the oaks, maples and birches in her neighborhood for years, but this summer she’s fighting back.
The crossing guard at Schenck Elementary School on Madison’s East Side learned she could stop the invasive insect by tying burlap cloth around tree trunks. Thousands of gypsy moth caterpillars, seeking shade or protection from predators, crawl under the cloth by early afternoon each day. That’s when Bieberstein harvests the caterpillars and drops them into a bucket of soapy water.
Q: How did this project get started?
A: I just didn’t have the heart to watch these trees get defoliated a second year in a row. So I contacted the city forestry department … and found out I could burlap the trees. And I thought, “Well that’s pretty simple. And I don’t have to use any poison. Just soapy water.”
Q: How many trees are you monitoring?
A: I’ve wrapped 33 here so far. They don’t go after the hickories or the hackberry so much as they go for the oaks and the hawthorns and the maples. And this (plucking live caterpillars from the burlap cloth) has to be done every day, every afternoon, to be effective.
Q: When can you find the caterpillars?
A: The end of June, first week of July is the deadline before they pupate. It’s critical to get them as early as possible too while they’re still small.
Q: What got you interested in invasive species? A: About 11 years ago I started doing volunteer work on the Ice Age Trail. There’s a lot of garlic mustard, and I realized there’s a lot of garlic mustard in Madison in our natural areas. I started a group called the Madison Area Weed Warriors. We have 14 wonderful conservation parks and the city doesn’t have the resources to take care of everything that needs to be done to protect them, so volunteerism is a real important part of taking care of them.
Q: Why should we worry about the gypsy moth?
A: Because at the larval stage they eat the leaves on our trees. If the trees suffer defoliation too many years in a row, they’ll kill them. They’re not from here. They were brought here in 1879 by a Frenchman who brought them to Massachusetts to try and create a stronger line of silk. They came without any natural biological predators and that’s how they get out of balance.
Q: What advice do you have for people who are concerned about gypsy moths?
A: Go out and check your trees. If you don’t think you have any, put some burlap or dark cloth around it and then check them in the afternoon to see if the larvae are congregating. And visit www.gypsymoth.wi.gov.
電影
Documentaries, Strange Days on the Planet Earth....
電視
PBS, In Wisconsin, Nature...
書籍
Sand County Almanac, Blessed Unrest, Silent Spring, Last Child in the Woods, various plant, bird, & insect guide books, and then some.
偶像
Aldo Leopold, Rachael Carlson, John Muir, and all people who volunteer for the health of our environment, and believe that everyday is Earth Day.
關於我： The Madison Area Weed Warriors were founded in June of 2001.
Our big goal is to get our green spaces adopted by their neighborhoods, which is a great way to build a stronger sense of place and community while reconnecting to the earth and its inhabitants.
We strive to work together to protect the biodiversity that exists in the green spaces of each area by getting rid of the alien invasive plant species that threaten our native flora and fauna. We hold volunteer work parties in the conservation parks of Madison, Wisconsin.
MADISON AREA WEED WARRIOR EVENTS, SPRING 2009
The following dates and locations are where we will be hosting our volunteer work parties this spring. We will be removing Garlic Mustard, Dames Rocket, other invasive plants, and trash from our precious conservation parks in Madison.
Please check out the video on our main page to learn about Garlic Mustard.
Saturday, April 25, 2009, Noon-3 pm. CANCELLED DUE TO THUNDER/LIGHTENING STORMS. Will reschedule.
Cherokee Marsh, 6098 N. Sherman Ave.
Go through the gate to the parking lot, by the bathrooms, at the end of N. Sherman.
Saturday, May 23, 2009, Noon-3 pm.
Elvehjem Sanctuary, 1202 Painted Post Road.
Saturday, May 30, 2009, Noon-3 pm.
Heistand Park, 4302 Milwaukee Street.
Saturday, June 6, 2009, Noon-3 pm.
Cherokee Marsh, 6098 N. Sherman Ave.
Go through the gate to the parking lot by the restrooms
at the end of N. Sherman.
我想認識： I want to meet people who believe in honoring 'Earth Day' everyday, and people who want to build a sense of place and community with their neighbors, and protect the biodiversity in their green spaces, and in their own back yards.
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Hi Tammy :) How nice to hear from you! I hope everything is going well... not a whole lot new here... just busy with work, night classes, and wedding plans! I will definitely check out the garlic mustard page! Love you! Heather
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