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 ›
News & Events
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 ›
L2 Sampling Protocol Now Available
The Maine Forest Service and UMaine Cooperative Forestry Research Unit has released the 2016 L2 Sampling Protocol for Maine, along with a data collection template for land owners and managers who are participating in this program, which runs through December 20, 2016. 2016 L2 Sampling Protocol L2 Data Collection Sheet template ... Read More ›
SBW at NESAF/New York SAF/NEFPC Meeting in March 2017
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 ›
Quebec’s Outbreak Continues to Grow
MFFP’s 2016 SBW Defoliation report is out: http://www.mffp.gouv.qc.ca/…/insect…/tordeuse/TBE_2016_P.pdf The report highlights an increase of 0.7 million ha this year to a total of 7 million ha of defoliation in Québec. The Gaspé region of Québec went from a total of 1.2 million ha last year to 1.5 million ha this year. ... Read More ›
Spruce Budworm Talk in Augusta October 20
Spruce Budworm Outbreak in NB and Maine: Monitoring & Citizen Science A Talk with Ecologist Rob Johns and Entomologist Allison Kanoti October 20, 2016 9-11 am MFS Southern Region Headquarters Bolton Hill Facility 2870 North Belfast Ave. Augusta Sponsored by the University of Maine Center for Research on Sustainable Forests Rob Johns of Natural Resources Canada will lead a discussion on the background, biology, and economic impact of the eastern spruce budworm, highlight the mass ... Read More ›
Maine Volunteers Sought for SBW Tracking Project
The Budworm Tracker program is seeking volunteers in northern Maine to assist in its citizen science program, according to a recent press release from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The program, part of the Healthy Forest Partnership, will provide a better understanding of how budworm populations increase and spread. “The Budworm Tracker team wants to engage interested citizens to help us conduct research and monitor spruce budworm populations in their own ... Read More ›