Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) and other Tree Health Concerns: Update for Maine Cities and Towns

Bureau / Program: Maine Forest Service
Date: August 29, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Virtual
Event Type: Workshop/Training

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is hosting a quarterly conference call to update city and town tree and forest managers, public works staff and any interested land managers on the known status of emerald ash borer in Maine, current state efforts, municipal opportunities, and plenty of time for Q&A. The call will begin at 10:30 AM on Monday, August 29 and will run no more than 1.5 hours. Please share with municipal tree managers and others within your community government who may be interested (tree warden, arborist, public works, parks, transfer station, land stewards etc.). This month's call will take place on the Microsoft Teams Webinar platform.

Agenda

  • Introductions
  • Emerald Ash Borer
    • Current Known Distribution and new detections in ME (Colleen Teerling)
    • Emergency Order update (Mike Parisio)
    • Ash Seed Collection Effort (John Daigle and Tyler Everett, UMaine)
    • EAB Q&A
  • Asian Long-horned beetle/August Tree Check Month update (Allison Kanoti)
  • Spongy Moth observations
  • Q&A
  • Closing

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Meeting ID: 222 245 561 969
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