Trustees Receive Grant for Invasive Beetles - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Trustees receive grant for invasive beetles - The Martha's Vineyard Times

The Trustees of Reservations received a state grant to help Vineyard conservationists in the fight against southern pine beetles.  The state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) awarded a $75,000 grant to the Trustees so the nonprofit can “thin pitch pine and scrub oak barrens at Wasque Reservation” on Chappaquiddick Island to “reduce the risk of an invasive southern pine beetle outbreak,” according to a press release.  Southern pin…

Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard receive grants to protect pitch pine habitat

EDGARTOWN/NANTUCKET – State officials have announced $343,985 in grants to restore and protect wildlife habitat, including almost $150,000 in funding to support a pair of projects protecting pitch pine and scrub oak habitats in Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.  Edgartown’s Trustees of Reservations was awarded $75,000 to thin out pitch pine and scrub oak habitat at the Wasque Reservation on Chappaquiddick, with the goal of mitigating the risks [……