The province plans to spray 231 hectares of central Lake Cowichan in 2020 to prevent a gyspy moth infestation.
The area is one of three chosen by the provincial Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development to do aerial spray applications next year; the others are 241 ha of residential and municipal parkland in North Surrey, and 167 ha of semi-rural properties and wooded areas north of Castlegar.
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