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UMass Extension Landscape Message September 6, 2019

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Landscape Message: Sep 6, 2019

UMass Extension's Landscape Message is an educational newsletter intended to inform and guide Massachusetts Green Industry professionals in the management of our collective landscape. Detailed reports from scouts and Extension specialists on growing conditions, pest activity, and cultural practices for the management of woody ornamentals, trees, and turf are regular features. The following issue has been updated to provide timely management information and the latest regional news and environmental data.

The Landscape Message will be updated bi-weekly August through September. The next message will be available on September 20. To receive immediate notification when the next Landscape Message update is posted, be sure to join our e-mail list.

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From the Insects Section:

Peak Transmission of Mosquito-Borne Illness Extends Through September in Massachusetts:

Mosquitoes and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE): EEE virus activity has been detected in Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Worcester counties. Five human cases of EEE have been confirmed this year at the time this was written. For more information about EEE, who is at risk, how to minimize risk and steps to protect ourselves, manage mosquitoes in our landscapes, and for more information about EEE from the MA Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, visit UMass Extension’s Hort Notes under “Trouble Maker of the Month”: https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/newsletters/hort-notes/hort-notes-2019-vol-307 .

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