WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:04.919 It's nice eyes, Dan Ray, i'mdelling you mazy Boston's News 2 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:06.360 Radio Madison. 3 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:09.480 That's not a skirt that I wanted to hear. Oh 4 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:14.400 my goodness. Things not going well in the Big Apple tonight. 5 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:16.399 P Hey, it's early. It's only the second inning. Rather 6 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:18.440 be down five zip in the second inning than five 7 00:00:18.519 --> 00:00:21.079 zip in the bottom of the top of the ninth 8 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:24.079 in this case. Anyway, good inning, everyone, and welcome. Name. 9 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:26.160 My name is Dan Ray, host of Nightside. We have 10 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:29.039 both Sean and Rob back in the control room tonight, 11 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:31.320 so we have double duty. We have double coverage. We're 12 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:33.759 in great shape from a production point of view. I 13 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:36.320 have all the confidence in the world in both of 14 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:39.640 those gentlemen. You should as well. During the first hour 15 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:42.520 they'll be able to just relax a little bit. We 16 00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:45.679 don't get to phone calls until the second hour. During 17 00:00:45.719 --> 00:00:48.280 the nine o'clock hour, we're going to talk about the 18 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:52.119 now I think pretty clear, the divorce between Donald Trump 19 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:54.799 and Elon Musk. Will get to that. We also may 20 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:58.960 talk about the indictment that came down late today of 21 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:03.399 that Maryland man man who was sent to El Salvador 22 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:09.400 apparently in error. Subsequently, he's now been indicted in charge 23 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:14.719 with illegal smuggling and a conspiracy account as well out 24 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:19.879 of the federal US Attorney's office in Tennessee. We'll get 25 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:22.120 to all of that, and then later on time we're 26 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:26.719 going to talk with an author, Jeff Convits. He wrote 27 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:30.400 the book The Sentinel, which was a big New York 28 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:33.640 Times bestseller, and he has another book coming out later 29 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:38.319 on this month called The Circus of Satan, Murder, Revenge, 30 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:42.439 and the Rise of Organized Crime, talking about various organized 31 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:47.879 crime elements. He's a lawyer, he's very successful criminal defense 32 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:50.840 lawyer and an author, and so we'll talk with him 33 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:52.359 in ten and then we will have our twentieth hour 34 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:54.040 of the week. And I'm not exactly sure we're going 35 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:56.599 to do. I have a sense, but I don't want 36 00:01:56.599 --> 00:01:58.680 to commit to anything quite yet. However, I do want 37 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:01.439 to commit to four really interesting guests. We're going to 38 00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:04.079 start off with Sean DeRosa, who's the director of Pool 39 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:09.960 and Waterfront Safety for the Massachusets Department of Conservation and Recreation. 40 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:13.080 Sean DeRosa, Welcome to Night Side. How are you, sir. 41 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:16.360 I'm doing great, Dan, thanks for having me tonight. 42 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:19.360 Well, we are moving into that season of the year 43 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:21.439 when people want to get to the beach and they 44 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:24.879 want to get to pools, and the DCR has some 45 00:02:26.199 --> 00:02:31.360 obligation to make sure that the beaches and the pools 46 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:34.360 are as safe as possible for people who come here 47 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:38.680 either as tourists or are Massachusetts residents. Tell us what 48 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:41.240 the scope of the DCR is in the first place, 49 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:44.479 just to refresh everyone's recollection, and then we'll talk about 50 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:48.520 the reasonable precautions that people have to take when they 51 00:02:48.520 --> 00:02:51.520 decide to spend the day, a day this summer, or 52 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:54.199 many days this summer near the water. 53 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:58.599 Well, we sure hope it's a warm and sunny summer 54 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:02.639 for us, all right. NASSDCR is our state park system 55 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:06.520 in Massachusetts, So we operate in the swimming world, which 56 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:09.240 of course is what everyone looks forward to doing the summer. 57 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:14.360 We operate eighty different swimming beaches, forty nine of which 58 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:17.639 are not lifeguarded, thirty one of which are, as well 59 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:21.879 as twenty four swimming pools, and then two waiting pools 60 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:26.360 for everyone free of charge. So it's an exciting opportunity 61 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:28.840 for people to come out, enjoy the sun, enjoy the beach, 62 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:30.919 and also cool down from the summer heat. 63 00:03:31.319 --> 00:03:35.919 Yeah, so what are the problems Again, I'm sure that 64 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:41.439 over time you've seen people who come either unprepared or 65 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:46.000 take risks that are inappropriate. Let's just hit some of 66 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:49.879 the the dues. Are the don'ts, with probably an emphasis 67 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:53.280 on the don'ts for sure. 68 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:56.199 Well, let's start with the dude, do have fun, but 69 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:58.680 we want you to do it safely. That brings us 70 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:02.039 to some of the the don'ts that we're talking about. 71 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:05.240 But one of the most important things people can do 72 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:08.639 is to choose to swim where a lifeguard is present. 73 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:13.120 That is probably the most safe option that we have. 74 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:17.279 That said, it's important that parents also watch their children, 75 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:20.199 even though lifeguards may be watching over them. No one 76 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:23.519 can watch a child as closely as their own parent. 77 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:29.399 No question about that, and it's a parent's primary responsibility. 78 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:33.519 And obviously, if a child gets in trouble, the parent 79 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:38.560 has to maybe make sure they don't get in trouble. 80 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:40.240 But if they do get in trouble, at that point, 81 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:43.240 probably the professionals of the people who want to get involved. 82 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:44.839 You don't want to have a situation where not only 83 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:47.199 is the child in trouble, but the parent is in 84 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:48.000 trouble as well. 85 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:51.519 Absolutely, and that's one of the reasons why we do 86 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:54.720 encourage people to swim where lifeguards are present. They're trained 87 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:58.279 in water safety measures, and let's face it, on a 88 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:01.720 stormy day, rip current are prevalent on some beaches and 89 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:05.160 those can be deadly. Our lifeguards risk their lives every 90 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:07.319 time they jump in the water, and we'd rather have 91 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:11.319 trained professionals trying to make the rescue and save life 92 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:15.160 rather than complicating it with additional victims. And that's also 93 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:18.480 why it's important that we find enough lifeguards to staff 94 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:22.120 these beaches, because this is an important public safety resource 95 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:23.279 and position. 96 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:27.600 Yeah, well you anticipated my next question. Obviously, we're now 97 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:30.920 in June. We're wrapping up the first full week of June. 98 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:33.800 How are you doing in terms of staffing, because obviously 99 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:36.199 there are some locations you won't be able to open 100 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:39.560 unless you have an adequate number of lifeguards. Do you 101 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:42.480 need more lifeguards? We do? 102 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:45.079 You know, we're doing fairly well this year. We've already 103 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:48.160 hired over four hundred lifeguards and we have an additional 104 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:50.959 two hundred and thirty schedule to start in the next 105 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:54.240 two weeks. But we're still looking for about thirty more 106 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:58.759 positions in the Greater Boston area that includes Chelsea, Cambridge 107 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:02.319 all the way up to Lawrence even and for those 108 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:04.879 positions we are hoping to find people who can swim. 109 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:08.560 We offer the training classes for free. If someone wants 110 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:11.399 to become a lifeguard and wants to work for DCR, 111 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:14.759 will cover that training expense that's usually about three hundred 112 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:19.040 and fifty or four hundred dollars, and we can offer 113 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:23.600 a job that helps people regardless of what career they 114 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:26.839 go in down the road. They'll learn skills while lifeguarding 115 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:29.639 that I say transcend occupational boundaries. 116 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:34.079 So is it realistic to think that someone who is 117 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:39.319 not a swimmer can learn to swim that quickly with 118 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:42.560 a few lessons, to the point that they actually then 119 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:44.279 could be a lifeguard or do you have to have, 120 00:06:44.399 --> 00:06:46.439 really before you apply for this job at least some 121 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:49.199 rudimentary experience as a swimmer. 122 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:53.720 That's a great question. So we do have entry requirements 123 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:56.439 for the lifeguarding course. They're not as strict as they 124 00:06:56.560 --> 00:06:59.439 used to be years ago, but we do need a 125 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:02.839 certain level of swimming profficiency. We do if you're interested 126 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:05.800 in working with the DCR, we have a lot of 127 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:10.160 information online at mass dot gov slash lifeguards that will 128 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:14.519 explain the specific swimming requirements. Usually lifeguards have to swim 129 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:18.079 about three hundred yards with a variety of strokes in 130 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:19.560 order to get into the course. 131 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:23.839 Well, that's if you can swim three hundred yards with 132 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:27.800 a variety of strokes, you're pretty accomplished and experienced swimmer. 133 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:31.240 That's that is great to know. As someone who might 134 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:34.680 bring you know, children, well with not children now grandchildren 135 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:37.879 into a DCR location, You're going to know that the 136 00:07:37.920 --> 00:07:42.319 people who are wearing that uniform are sitting out there 137 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:46.040 on that that that chair that gives them a good 138 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:50.160 view of the facility, the beach or the pool. Uh, 139 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:52.959 they're going to be very qualified. That's that's great to hear. 140 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:56.480 Any other last we got about a minute left. Any 141 00:07:56.480 --> 00:07:59.920 other last minute advice for people? Can they call an 142 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:02.439 is there a number that they can call if they 143 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:04.560 are a website they can go if they want to 144 00:08:04.600 --> 00:08:07.360 apply if they feel they have that qualification Number one 145 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:11.399 and number two? Is there a way or a website 146 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:15.120 where on a stormy day parents can find out whether 147 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:17.759 or not these facilities are open or not and not 148 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:21.360 make an assumption and drive twenty or twenty five miles 149 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:26.000 and be disappointed. Is there a great website that people 150 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:29.959 can access not only for employment but also for information. 151 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:35.600 All of our employment information and our park alerts are 152 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:39.600 posted at mass doc of SLASH Lifeguards or at the 153 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:44.480 masstoc of DCR website. It can easily google DCR Park 154 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:47.759 alerts and you'll find alerts for pools, beaches and the 155 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:49.039 rest of our parks. 156 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:52.159 Really appreciate it, Sean, A lot of information in a 157 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:55.320 short period of time. Let us hope everyone has a 158 00:08:55.399 --> 00:08:59.679 safe and successful summer and that every day is perfect 159 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:02.279 weather wise. Thanks Sean. I appreciate it very much. 160 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:03.840 Thank you. 161 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:06.879 Dan. All Right, we'll talk again when we get back. 162 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:11.120 We're going to talk about a bug that sounds great. 163 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:15.679 It's called but do you hear this? A spotted a 164 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:19.720 lantern fly. But it's a nasty little devil wreaking havoc 165 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:23.240 in parts of Massachusetts. We will talk with a UMass 166 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:29.399 entomologist on the other side of this quick break on Nightside. 167 00:09:28.679 --> 00:09:33.840 Night Side with Dan Ray on Boston's news radio. 168 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:38.480 Now, if I were to say to you, oh, come 169 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:42.600 out in my backyard, I have a lovely spotted lanten 170 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:48.279 fly that you might like to look at you probably say, oh, 171 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:53.480 that must be a beautiful a flying insect. Well, it 172 00:09:53.559 --> 00:09:55.879 might be beautiful, but I don't think you like it. 173 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:59.759 With us is Tawny Simiski. She's with the she's a 174 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:04.120 u AS extension entomologists at the University of Massachusetts and Amherst, 175 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:08.440 and she has an expertise on the spotted lanternfly. And 176 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:12.960 there's probably little about this infestation that has been confirmed 177 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:15.879 in North Andover that anyone in North End wants to 178 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:19.799 hear about. Hi, Tawny, how are you good? 179 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:22.519 Dan? How are you? Thanks so much for having me right. 180 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:25.159 I had never heard of the spotted lantern fly up 181 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:28.279 until now, and I hope I never meet one tell 182 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:31.200 us about this beautiful invasive insect. 183 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:35.720 If you will, you are certainly right, they are beautiful 184 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:41.200 if you're like me, an entomologist or entomology minded and 185 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:44.960 think insects are beautiful. But the unfortunate side of the 186 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:48.000 spotted lantern fly is that it's non native. It's an 187 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:54.200 invasive insect that was introduced accidentally into the United States, 188 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:57.080 and it is an agricultural pest as well as a 189 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:58.240 significant nuisance. 190 00:10:59.399 --> 00:11:02.039 Who accidentally introduced this. 191 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:10.639 To a landscape Well, so they first came into the 192 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:15.360 United States in Berks County, Pennsylvania in twenty fourteen, and 193 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:19.559 it is suspected that perhaps they were associated with a 194 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:24.600 specialty stone business, at least that is what the USDA 195 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:28.480 had reported at the time. And why that makes sense 196 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:32.360 to me is that spotted lanternfly lays their egg masses 197 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:36.039 on virtually any flat surface, so that could include things 198 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:40.799 like stone, firewood, outdoor furniture. That's how this insect can 199 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:41.320 move around. 200 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:44.519 Okay, so let me ask you where is their home? 201 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:45.799 Where are they endemic? 202 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:51.080 Due they are native originally to China, India, and Vietnam, 203 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:54.720 but they've accidentally been introduced into South Korea as well 204 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:55.879 as the United States. 205 00:11:56.200 --> 00:12:00.600 Yikes, Okay, so how much of an interest do we 206 00:12:00.679 --> 00:12:04.919 have to worry about twenty fourteen they were a part 207 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:10.279 in the punt here they were spotted in Pennsylvania. Where 208 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:14.840 else have they migrated to in the last eleven years 209 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:15.559 in the US? 210 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:20.039 Well, for US, in Massachusetts, they first were detected in 211 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:23.080 the city of Fitchburg and Worcester County in twenty twenty one, 212 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:28.120 and as you mentioned, north andover this year they've been 213 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:34.360 spreading throughout Massachusetts they've spread outside of Pennsylvania. They're known 214 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:41.480 in New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia, and 215 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:44.519 other areas in the US, and we're really just trying 216 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:45.840 to keep an eye out for them. 217 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:49.639 So I guess if you drew a big circle about 218 00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:52.440 four high five hundred miles around Pennsylvania, I suspect that 219 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:56.759 unless there's something about I don't know, Michigan or Ohio 220 00:12:57.559 --> 00:13:00.320 or Canada, they're probably in those places too. 221 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:05.679 I would suspect they are in Michigan and Ohio as well. Yes, 222 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:09.240 and the insects spreads with people. 223 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:15.720 Yeah, just a lucky guess. So what's the problem here, 224 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:18.600 As I understand that part of the problem is the 225 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:22.120 residue we're using a nice word here, that they deposit 226 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:26.559 wherever they are, and it's pretty unpleasant. 227 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:32.000 So that residue is honeydew. That's the sugary liquid waste 228 00:13:32.080 --> 00:13:35.720 or extrement that they secrete. They use piercing sucking mouthparts 229 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:38.919 to remove fluids from their host plants, of which there 230 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:42.840 are over one hundred different species of trees and shrubs 231 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:48.399 and other plants, including agricultural crops like grape, that they 232 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:51.559 will feed on. Their favored host is tree of Heaven. 233 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:55.600 That's an invasive tree that was purposely introduced into urban 234 00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:58.639 areas in the US and has a long history here. 235 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:03.000 But we're really worried about the grape crops and vineyards 236 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:06.879 as far as agriculture is concerned. And as you mentioned 237 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:10.879 that honeydew that they create. When there are lots of 238 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:14.240 these insects creating that in your landscaped areas like yards 239 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:18.519 and parks, they can become a nuisance because that coats 240 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:21.639 plants and other objects and also calls in wasps and 241 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:24.279 yellow jackets and beads to feed on it. 242 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:28.159 Oh great, great, So this is sort of similar to 243 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:32.600 what it well, again, it's not identical, but kind of 244 00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:36.320 similar to what Canadian gieshu known for. They may be 245 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:38.840 cute and the little goslings are cute, but it's what 246 00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:42.240 they leave behind was really bothers a lot, a lot 247 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:45.039 of people. So I kind of think that that's the 248 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:48.320 analogy we're trying to create here and using big, big, 249 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:52.960 big words and people people get what we're talking about. 250 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:57.799 I assume right, certainly their excrement in their waist is 251 00:14:58.600 --> 00:14:59.759 really amus. 252 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:01.000 Yeah, we're doing. 253 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:03.679 We're doing fine. We're doing fine. Okay, So, so what's 254 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:06.080 the chance. By the way, what is a tree of heaven? 255 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:09.360 I that that sounds pretty suspicious to me. You said 256 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:13.039 they were the tree of Heaven's or the trees of Heaven. 257 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:17.559 I think about oaks and elms and things like that, 258 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:20.559 beach trees, birch trees. I've never heard of a tree 259 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:22.360 of heaven. Where did where did they come from? 260 00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:28.039 So tree of heaven, it's Atlantis altissima is the scientific name. 261 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:34.480 They're a rapidly growing tree that's native to China, and they. 262 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:38.000 Into Chinese always has a role in this stuff, don't they. 263 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:44.480 Certainly we do have some equal climate matching to places 264 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:44.799 like that. 265 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:49.399 Yeah yeah, yeah, wow wow. Okay, So, so those trees 266 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:53.879 came here, no suggestion that they came here with the 267 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:57.159 with some knowledge of the arrival of the spot at 268 00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:59.799 lant It just so happened that the trees came from 269 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:04.960 and these spotted lantern flies, which were accidentally transported to 270 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:08.000 here enjoy the trees of heaven. 271 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:13.240 Certainly, yes, yeah, the two did not occur at the 272 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:15.440 same time. Tree of Heaven was brought, probably in the 273 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:19.080 late seventeen hundreds into the United States. 274 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:21.840 Okay, that's far and if the trees of Heaven were 275 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:24.799 brought brought here like three to five years before, I'd 276 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:30.480 get my conspiracy sensitivities acting. Yeah, So how do we 277 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:35.600 get rid of these folks? We're not looking to be abusive, 278 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:37.960 but is there anything that can be done or at 279 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:43.519 this point are they now you know native to Massachusetts, 280 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:45.480 Pennsylvania and all the other states you mentioned. 281 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:50.000 Well, for us in Massachusetts, it's really important that folks, 282 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:52.360 if you see spotted lantern fly or any of its 283 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:55.399 life stages, to take a photo and report it to 284 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:59.399 our mass Department of Agricultural Resources. You can also reach 285 00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:02.519 out to you MASS Extension and we can assist you 286 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:07.880 as well. If you do have a known infestation on 287 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:11.680 your property or on a property that you manage and 288 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:17.359 it's been identified and confirmed, there are management options out there. 289 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:21.480 We suggest integrated pest management, so that we are taking 290 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:26.240 steps that help reduce the insect population but while conserving 291 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:29.839 human health and the health of the environment. And U 292 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:32.720 MASS Extension can be there to answer those questions for you. 293 00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:35.279 Okay, now, I think that's really important. I know I've 294 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:37.359 kind of kitted with you a little bit because although 295 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:40.359 this is a serious story. It's something that you know, 296 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:45.000 we will all survive the spot at lantern flies, I hope, 297 00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:49.640 absolutely so. And again with folks like yourself who are 298 00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:52.720 monitoring this, which we appreciate very much. Appreciate not only 299 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:56.119 you joining me tonight, but also just you know, making 300 00:17:56.160 --> 00:18:01.319 this information available because when people see that they should 301 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:04.839 they could find a picture of a spotted lantern fly, 302 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:07.599 I assume on your website as well. 303 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:12.359 Absolutely so. I'm with U Mass Extensions Landscape Nursery and 304 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:15.799 Urban Forestry Program. So if you come to our website, 305 00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:18.880 we have information about the spotted lantern fly as well 306 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:22.319 as many other insect pests of trees and shrubs, both 307 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:26.359 native and introduced. And we've got photos of the eggs, 308 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:30.000 the nymphs and the adults, and information as to where 309 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:34.680 to report spotted lanternfly and your different types of management options. 310 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:37.680 Okay, and again just give us that website one more time. 311 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:40.319 Hopefully it's nice and simple for people to remember or 312 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:40.839 write down. 313 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:48.319 Okay, So we are at www dot UMass dot edu. 314 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:55.039 It's not quite so simple. Backslash agriculture dash food, dash 315 00:18:55.200 --> 00:19:00.519 environment backslash landscape. So it's the U Mass Extensions Landscape 316 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:02.640 Nursery and Urban Forestry program. 317 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:06.880 If you google that, easy for you to say, Okay, thanks, yeah, 318 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:09.359 hopefully they can find that. Tawny, thank you very much. 319 00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:11.839 I'm sure if they just google lantern Fly as well, 320 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:16.599 there'll be that will probably work allow them to get 321 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:17.519 to that website. 322 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:20.799 Thank you so started lantern Fly and you mass Extension. Yes, 323 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:21.759 thank you so much. 324 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:27.279 Tan. You're very welcome. Tawny Siminski. Simiski who's an entomologist, 325 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:30.960 which means she's a bug expert at UMass Amherst. Thanks again, Tawni, 326 00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.519 talk soon. 327 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:33.640 Thank you, have a good night. 328 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:36.240 You're welcome. Thank you you as well. Have a great weekend. 329 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:39.319 We have now the news coming at us at the 330 00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:41.680 bottom of the hour, and after that we talked about 331 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:44.359 swimming early, we're going to talk about the boating season 332 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:47.240 and then we're going to talk about Martha's Venues celebrating 333 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:50.400 the fiftieth anniversary of the movie Jaws, which is literally, 334 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:54.119 I think was being shot on Martha's vinyard fifty years 335 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:55.839 ago this week. So we got a couple of really 336 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:58.920 interesting fun guests coming up before we get to our 337 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:04.000 portion of our broadcast. 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We'll 348 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:41.440 back on Nightside right after the news a minute or 349 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:43.880 two late. Apologize on that. We'll be back right after 350 00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:44.319 the news. 351 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:49.599 You're on night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ Boston's 352 00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:50.240 news Radio. 353 00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:54.119 Thank you very much, Madison. Let us now introduce you 354 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:58.240 to David Condon. David is the director of Natural Resources 355 00:20:58.279 --> 00:21:00.960 for the Town of Yarmouth, and we're going to talk 356 00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:03.480 about the boating season. Of course, the boating season is 357 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:06.759 well underway, particularly after the last couple of days of 358 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:11.119 high heat, humidity and humidity that we have had. But 359 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:14.640 there's a change coming not this year but next year, 360 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:20.799 requiring people who are operating motorized boats to obtain in 361 00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:25.160 advanced certification before they can get behind the wheel in 362 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:27.839 a motorized boat. Dave Condon, Welcome to Nightside. 363 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:30.799 How are you, sir, Yes, sir, good evening. Thank you 364 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:32.680 for having me on. I really appreciate the call. 365 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:36.960 Well, hopefully as we'll get people some information that they 366 00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:40.559 can use and get ready ready for the next boating season. Again, 367 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:43.279 I want to emphasize that these new regulations which have 368 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:46.680 been signed into law do not apply this summer, but 369 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:49.000 they will apply in twenty twenty six. 370 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:54.319 Correct, That's correct. So anybody who was born after January 371 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:58.799 first of nineteen eighty nine must have the course completed 372 00:21:58.839 --> 00:22:01.880 by April first of twenty twenty six. Now the rest 373 00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:05.119 of us born before eighty nine don't have to have 374 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:09.039 the certificate completed until April first of twenty twenty eight. 375 00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:12.519 So a couple of different dates to keep in mind. 376 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:16.279 And the state even built in a little bit of 377 00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:18.559 a grace period so there won't be any citations there 378 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:21.279 anything written for the first you know, a little bit 379 00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:23.440 of time after the rollout. But either way, those are 380 00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:25.039 the two dates that people need to keep in mind. 381 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:30.240 All right, So let's talk about currently there are no regulations, 382 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:34.000 so it doesn't matter. There must be like a driver's license, 383 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:39.720 you can operate a boat, a motorized vessel, I assume 384 00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:42.599 under a certain age. Or is there no such limitation 385 00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:44.000 of that either. 386 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:47.400 Well, there's a couple of things on the books now, 387 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:52.440 so anybody who has the driver's licenses is obviously covered, 388 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:55.000 good to go for operating a boat. But here in 389 00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:59.240 that age from twelve to sixteen, there's currently a voting 390 00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:02.359 safety class and take allowing you to operate a motorized 391 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:06.079 boat again at the age of twelve. The personal watercraft, 392 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:08.160 the jets, those are a little bit different and you have 393 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:11.039 to be you have to have the class. If you're seventeen, 394 00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:13.480 I'm sorry, sixteen or seventeen, you have to have the 395 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:16.319 class for that as well. Currently. But again, that's going 396 00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.799 to roll out to everybody here shortly. 397 00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:20.400 Okay, So I don't want to over confuse the situation, 398 00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:22.960 So let's come let's roll back to where we were. 399 00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:26.720 What was the need, what prompted the need for this legislation. 400 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:32.240 I assumed that people have been operating motorized boats for 401 00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:37.359