{"id":7050,"date":"2025-02-26T11:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T11:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/?p=7050"},"modified":"2025-02-26T11:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T11:37:34","slug":"forestry-commission-issue-invasive-spruce-bark-beetle-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/?p=7050","title":{"rendered":"Forestry Commission issue invasive Spruce Bark Beetle warning"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7050\" class=\"elementor elementor-7050\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0352300 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0352300\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c283cae\" data-id=\"c283cae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebd64a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ebd64a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/eight-toothed-spruce-bark-beetle-feeding-on-wood-alamy-f00amm-blickwinkel-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7052\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/eight-toothed-spruce-bark-beetle-feeding-on-wood-alamy-f00amm-blickwinkel-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/eight-toothed-spruce-bark-beetle-feeding-on-wood-alamy-f00amm-blickwinkel-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/eight-toothed-spruce-bark-beetle-feeding-on-wood-alamy-f00amm-blickwinkel-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/eight-toothed-spruce-bark-beetle-feeding-on-wood-alamy-f00amm-blickwinkel-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/eight-toothed-spruce-bark-beetle-feeding-on-wood-alamy-f00amm-blickwinkel-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/eight-toothed-spruce-bark-beetle-feeding-on-wood-alamy-f00amm-blickwinkel.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18e3c1f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18e3c1f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36e9205\" data-id=\"36e9205\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-765dd6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"765dd6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong>Forestry Commission<\/strong> has contacted Stock Parish Council to alert villagers to its work on the eradication response to the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, <em>Ips typographus, <\/em>which is an invasive and regulated pest in England.<\/p><p><em>Ips typographus\u00a0<\/em>targets weakened or damaged spruce trees, and bad winter weather can create an ideal habitat for them. The beetles are being blown over from outbreaks in mainland Europe and, if left unchecked, could potentially build in numbers and would be devastating to the country\u2019s timber industry.<\/p><p>The Forestry Commission therefore advise proactive management of spruce to remove potential habitat and risk of infestation, and is encouraging everyone in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/665ee2e68f90ef31c23ebda6\/20240603_DMA_Proactive_Spruce_Removal_Area_June.pdf\">Proactive Spruce Removal Area<\/a><\/strong> to be vigilant for windblown, snapped, damaged and stressed <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestryengland.uk\/article\/norway-spruce\">spruce trees<\/a><\/strong>, and to submit a<a href=\"https:\/\/treealert.forestresearch.gov.uk\/\"> <strong>TreeAlert<\/strong><\/a> report for anything of concern or email <strong><a href=\"mailto:ips.t@forestrycommission.gov.uk\">ips.t@forestrycommission.gov.uk<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p><p>This could be landowners, those directly involved with managing spruce (eg foresters, tree surgeons, Christmas tree growers), or members of the public who use spruce woodlands recreationally (eg dog walkers, ramblers).<\/p><p>Additional info can be found via the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/eight-toothed-european-spruce-bark-beetle-ips-typographus\">GOV.uk <em>Ips typographus<\/em><\/a><\/strong> page.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2794d83 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2794d83\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-89cd905\" data-id=\"89cd905\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c49a26d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c49a26d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FC049082-SPRUCE-DIGITAL-FLYER-ACCESSIBILE-compressed-719x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7056\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FC049082-SPRUCE-DIGITAL-FLYER-ACCESSIBILE-compressed-719x1024.jpg 719w, https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FC049082-SPRUCE-DIGITAL-FLYER-ACCESSIBILE-compressed-600x855.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FC049082-SPRUCE-DIGITAL-FLYER-ACCESSIBILE-compressed-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FC049082-SPRUCE-DIGITAL-FLYER-ACCESSIBILE-compressed-768x1094.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FC049082-SPRUCE-DIGITAL-FLYER-ACCESSIBILE-compressed-421x600.jpg 421w, https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FC049082-SPRUCE-DIGITAL-FLYER-ACCESSIBILE-compressed-393x560.jpg 393w, https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/FC049082-SPRUCE-DIGITAL-FLYER-ACCESSIBILE-compressed.jpg 1075w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Forestry Commission has contacted Stock Parish Council to alert villagers to its work on the eradication response to the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus, which is an invasive and regulated pest in England. Ips typographus\u00a0targets weakened or damaged spruce trees, and bad winter weather can create an ideal habitat for them. The beetles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7050"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7059,"href":"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7050\/revisions\/7059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}