Alberta Provincial Pest List

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[arancio]

Would someone be able to direct me to a link, which shows all the provincial pests in Alberta? I was reading this rather old article, about wild boars becomming a provincial pest, but I cant seem to find a list which outlines all the pests for Alberta.

http://www.albertalocalnews.com/red..._boar_to_be_given_provincial_pest_status.html

THX

Is there any truth to the rumor that people from Ontario have recently been added to the list which outlines all the pests for Alberta??

 

[trevj]

Is there any truth to the rumor that people from Ontario have recently been added to the list which outlines all the pests for Alberta??

Ewwwwww!

You'd have to try to clean one. Yuck!





Cheers
Trev

 

[leslea_kate]

Is there any truth to the rumor that people from Ontario have recently been added to the list which outlines all the pests for Alberta??

Naw... I hear they're really salty & the older ones tend to be pretty stringy.



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[straightshooter]

Cleaning I can see, 'cause there might be a bounty on the hide, but eating!!

Geez Louise, LK, the "you shoot it, you eat it" rule doesn't apply to nuisance species does it?

 

[leslea_kate]

Cleaning I can see, 'cause there might be a bounty on the hide, but eating!!

Geez Louise, LK, the "you shoot it, you eat it" rule doesn't apply to nuisance species does it?

Well unless the meat is spoiled somehow... In the case of wild boars, hell yes. Those things can be downright tasty if cooked right from what I hear.

As for Torontonians (they're the real pests of Ontario, from what I've heard on here), I doubt the meat would be that good... Kinda smoky from the smog & all the overweight blubbery ones are high in cholesterol... It's safer & healthier to cook up a horse.



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[Scar270]

http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/documents/Regs/2001_184.cfm?frm_isbn=0773295003

Pests

2(1) The following continue to be declared pests throughout Alberta:

(a) Bacterial ring rot (Clavibacter michiganensis subs. sepedonicus);

(b) Black leg of canola (the virulent strain) (Leptosphaeria maculans);

(c) Columbia River root knot nematode (Meloidogyne chitwoodi);

(d) Dutch elm disease (Ophiostoma ulmi and Ophiostoma nova‑ulmi);

(e) Native elm bark beetle (Hylurgopinus rufipes);

(f) European elm bark beetle (Scolytus multistriatus);

(g) Dwarf bunt (Tilletia controversa);

(h) Fireblight and the causal bacterium (Erwinia amylovora);

(i) Flag smut of cereals (Urocystis agropyri);

(j) Golden nematode (Globodera rostochiensis);

(k) Grasshopper (Locustidae);

(l) Head smut of corn (Spacelothecia reiliana);

(m) Karnal bunt (Tilletia indica Mitra);

Norway rat and any other rat species or strain derived from the genus Rattus;

(o) Potato wart (Synchytrium endobioticum);

(p) Stem and bulb nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci);

(q) Warble fly (Hypoderma species);

(r) White rot of onions (Sclerotium cepivorum Berk);

(s) Gypsy moth (Porthetria dispar L.);

(t) Africanized bee (Apis mellifera adansonii);

(u) Lesser grain borer (Rhyzopertha dominica);

(v) Rabies (Rhabdoviruses);

(w) Fusarium head blight (Fusarium graminearum);

(x) Chalkbrood (Ascosphaere aggregata);

Clubroot (Plasmodiophora brassicae).

(2) Wild boar (Sus scrofa) is declared to be a pest where it is at large in Alberta.

AR 184/2001 s2;150/2003;56/2007;64/2008

Nuisances

3 The following continue to be declared nuisances throughout Alberta:

(a) Coyote (Canis latrans);

(b) Skunk (Mephitis mephitis);

(c) Richardson’s ground squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii);

(d) Franklin’s ground squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii);

(e) Thirteen‑lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus);

(f) Columbian ground squirrel (Spermophilus columbianus);

(g) Northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides);

(h) Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus);

(i) Meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus);

(j) House mouse (Mus musculus);

(k) Bushy‑tailed wood rat (Neotoma cinerea);

(l) English sparrow (Passer domesticus);

(m) Rock dove (Columba livia);

European starling (Sturnus vulgaris);

(o) Magpie (Pica pica).

There is the link and the list. Sorry no references to Ontario yet.