The State - News from Dec. 20, 1985

California’s five-year, $8-million battle against the gypsy moth appears to be over, state officials said. “We really feel it’s a victory,” said Food and Agriculture Department Director Clare Berryhill. He said officials decided against conducting any special eradication programs next year because only a few moths have been found the last two years in the monitoring of more than 30,000 traps. Further infestations of the pests, which cause millions of dollars’ damage to U.S. forests each year, may be held down by stepped-up border inspections and new federal regulations aimed at containing the gypsy moth, he said.