Gypsy Moths Eat Prized Trees

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A real life infestation on the UW Madison campus has become an outdoor lab as experts test how to best stem the spread of the gypsy moth across Wisconsin.On campus the pest threatens to destroy old oaks from pre-settlement days.Shamane Mills reports.

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