A group of UMaine students and their professor are on the job, combining an array of tactics to try to eliminate the invasive pest, which could decimate Maine’s ash trees.
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Scientists trace black stains on beachgoers’ feet to invasive species
A massive die-off of hemlock woolly adelgid last year left millions of fly corpses along shores and beaches from Maine to Massachusetts.
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Maine Gardener: Maine Audubon shifts the focus of its annual native plants sale
Less sale, more educational festival. Also, one of the day’s programs to offer a multicultural perspective on fighting the invasive emerald ash borer.
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Follow your Bliss: For John Bliss, of Broadturn Farms, that means growing cut flowers
In a recent online talk, Bliss discussed growing perennials on the Scarborough farm for flower arrangements.
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Maine Gardener: The forest edge is a critical environmental zone, and you can enhance it
For many wild creatures, living on the edge has benefits.
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Maine Gardener: Snow-schmo, it’s time to prune trees
Winter is the best season, whether the trees are evergreens or deciduous.
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Southern pine beetles are not an immediate threat, the experts say, but they are a cause for concern
The invasive beetles have been spotted in Maine and could be a harbinger of other damaging bugs to come.
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Stop invasive species from infesting Maine lakes, advocates urge lawmakers
A legislative committee is weighing how best to beef up the battle against plants and animals that don’t belong in Maine.
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Maine Gardener: Sixty-three plant species could be banned for sale under a new state proposal
The plants are highly invasive and threaten Maine’s native wildlife.
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Maine Gardener: Cliff Trail at Fort Williams Park to get whole new look
That area of the Cape Elizabeth park was a snarl of invasive plants. Thanks to a true community effort, they are being replaced with natives.