This year, the gypsy moths are so bad in parts of the Finger Lakes National Forest. Earlier this summer they hatched out of their egg sacks that can be found on many of the trees, leaving the forest partially deforested and denuded. Fortunately, trees have a lot of energy stored in their sap and an ability to regrow leaves, which many have done but still look small and immature for mid to late summer.

Most healthy trees can survive a years gypsy moth attack and will go on quite fine a bit with stunted growth for the year. But they will heal. It’s much more of a menace to farmers and those raising trees as a crop, as year of stunted growth is a year of loss, land not producing what it should. And I’m not happy about the loss of shade for camping but ultimately what I can I do about it?