The BTP involves outsourcing pheromone trap data collection to volunteers living throughout the eastern outbreak range of budworm. Volunteers receive in the mail pheromone-baited traps, collection accessories,
Part of the appeal is that one must go on living right up until the moment of death. It takes work to engage in all the planning; it keeps one vibrant and busy. There are people to call, papers to file, and scenes to set [turning]… dying into an active extension of life.” [...