Infestation of moths hits trees in Baltimore County?s parks

Something was missing atop the hundreds of chestnut oaks sweeping Oregon Ridge Park in Baltimore County this year: leaves.

This autumn, the usually golden foliage of the 900 century-old trees succumbed to an untreated gypsy moth infestation, officials said. The problem is one of several identified in Baltimore County?s first annual “State of Our Forests” report released Monday at the park as national forest experts gathered to discuss preservation of local woodlands.