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A leading researcher on Asian Jumping Worms, Dr. Josef Gorres of the University of Vermont has been tracking this invader’s impact on northern forests and seeking methods for controlling their numbers. In this conversation he discusses how Asian Jumping Worms can impoverish the vegetation of the forest floor and lead the deer to fall back on browsing maple saplings, over time transforming the forest flora as a whole. He describes different techniques for controlling the worms’ numbers in the wild and in the garden, and those he believes have the most promise for the future.
