The storage costs associated with the log boom appear to be less than the costs of other options, such as incineration, he said. On Thursday, a resident of a Dartmouth neighbourhood bordering Shubie Park reported finding a dead insect resembling a brown spruce longhorn beetle. Allan Smith said he took the specimen to the park's interpretive centre to be picked up for examination. He said he also telephoned the task force's toll-free number to alert officials about the finding. There are a lot of dead trees in there.
Some trees look like they have the beetle problem, the sap leakage is the same.
Mr. Smith said he alerted Agriculture Canada about the potential problem last week but hasn't received a response. I am disappointed. They've got to act on it. Shubie Park is one of the areas targeted in the forestry surveys being done, Mr. Cunningham said. Mr. Smith was correct to report the sighting and submit the bug sample, he said.