University of New Brunswick researchers Grant Virgin and Dave MacLean's article, Five Decades of Balsam Fir Stand Development After Spruce Budworm-related Mortality, has just been published online in Forest Ecology and Management. Highlights Five decades of stand development in spruce budworm affected plots in New Brunswick. Stand development and self-thinning patterns varied based on post-outbreak stocking. Thinned and unthinned plots had more volume at younger ages than budworm ... Read More ›
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Kanoti to Provide SBW Update at Merryspring Nature Center, Camden
Tuesday March 21st, Noon-1, Camden ME. Entomologist Allison Kanoti of the Maine Forest Service will provide an update on spruce budworm in Maine at the Merryspring Nature Center in Camden. Members: Free, Non-Members $5.00. ... Read More ›
SBW Session at NESAF Meeting in Bangor
Thursday March 9th, 2017, 8am-930am, Bangor ME. A spruce budworm session will kick off the second day of the Northeastern Forest Pest Council (NEFPC) concurrent session at the Joint New England/New York Society of American Foresters/NEFPC meeting. Speakers to include Dr. Rob Johns and Dr. Daniel Kneeshaw. Registration fees apply.Registration details will be available at: https://sites.google.com/site/northeasternforestpestcouncil/meetings. ... Read More ›
Maine Forest Service Releases 2016 SBW Report
The Maine Forest Service has just released a review of spruce budworm conditions in Maine based on the 2016 pheromone trap survey. Maine Forest Service 2016 Spruce Budworm Report Updates to the report will be posted on this site. ... Read More ›
Weather Surveillance Radar and Spruce Budworm Flights
The use of weather surveillance radar and high-resolution three dimensional weather data to monitor a spruce budworm mass exodus flight by Yan Boulanger, Frédéric Fabry, Alamelu Kilambi, Deepa S. Pureswaran, Brian R. Sturtevant, and Rémi Saint-Amant Published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Volumes 234-235, 15 March 2017, pages 127-135. HIGHLIGHTS Weather radar (WSR) and weather data was used to assess spruce budworm (SBW) exodus. WSR suggested that the flight originated from ... Read More ›
Registration Open for NEFPC Annual Meeting March 8-10, 2017
Registration is now open for the Northeastern Forest Pest Council’s (NEFPC) 79th annual meeting, which will be held in conjunction with the New England and New York Societies of American Forester’s meetings and the Maine Chapter of The Wildlife Society at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, ME March 8th-10th, 2017. The NEFPC sessions will cover many forest health issues including spruce budworm. Early registration ends December 31, 2016. For more information, click here. ... Read More ›
BDN Following Maine SBW Story
The Bangor Daily News' John Holyoke reports on why this year's low spruce budworm counts do not mean that an outbreak has bypassed Maine: Low trap counts for spruce budworm doesn’t mean outbreak isn’t looming. ... Read More ›
Attack of the Budworms
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Kanoti & Johns Present Updates
On October 20, 2016, Rob Johns, forest insect ecologist for Natural Resources Canada lead a discussion on the background, biology, and economic impact of the eastern spruce budworm at the MFS Southern Region Headquarters in Augusta, Maine. Dr. Johns discussed the application and safety of pesticide mechanisms for budworm control and covered the early intervention strategy being implemented in New Brunswick. Allison Kanoti, entomologist with the Maine Forest Service, provided an update on ... Read More ›