Christmas tree pests and weeds required restrictions and requirements to be placed upon Christmas tree growers with plantations in "gypsy moth regulated areas". The restrictions and requirements included ongoing site monitoring, active moth eradication by the grower, accurate record keeping, and government directed moth eradication programs. Failure to abide by the rules could result in revocation of the "approved grower" status from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The major types of conifers cultivated, pines, Douglas-firs, true firs, and spruce trees, are all affected by some types of insect pests. Douglas-firs are most vulnerable to the Cooley spruce gall adelgid. The true firs are most susceptible
Fraser Filter Fraser Filter A Fraser Filter, named after Douglas Fraser, is typically used in geophysics when displaying VLF data. It is effectively the first derivative of the data. If formula_1 represents the collected data then formula_2 is the average of two values. Consider this value to be plotted between point 1 and point 2 and do the same with points 3 and 4: formula_3 If formula_4 represents the space between each station along the line then formula_5 is the Fraser Filter of those four values. Since formula_6 is constant, it can be ignored and the Fraser Filter considered to be formula_7.