Workers will catalogue size and location of city ash trees and determine whether they appear to be impacted by emerald ash borers, an invasive species.
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Posted inTimes Record
Maine Street tree removal sparks outcry amid Brunswick sidewalk overhaul
Crews removed a mature tree along Maine Street in Brunswick on Tuesday, sparking an outcry against tree-chopping in the midst of the town’s sidewalk project. Now some residents are wondering what can be done to preserve what’s left.
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Thornton Academy campus gets a little greener
In an effort to reforest the campus, Thornton Academy will be planting indigenous trees throughout the grounds.
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Vulnerable Maine forests get boost against nonnative insects with pest predictor tool
A University of Maine researcher has led the effort to create a tool that may predict the next species to become a pest before it arrives in Maine.
Posted inFood, Maine Gardener
Why plant American chestnut seedlings that are almost certainly doomed?
The answer lies in genetics and a dogged quest for immunity from blight.
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Facing the devastation of its ash trees, Portland aims to diversify tree species
The emerald ash borer is likely to kill 500 of the city’s 600 ash trees in 5 years. While the city is working to cut them down to stop the spread, it is planting a variety of new trees to prevent another mass wipeout.
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Waterville to launch program to help maintain, replenish neighborhood street trees
A task force is expected to inventory existing trees on streets in city neighborhoods and work to maintain and replenish those that have been lost, including elm trees, which were ravaged in the 1950s and 1960s by Dutch elm disease.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Local arborist Dana DiRenzo has recommendations for summer tree care
RiRenzo, who focuses on South Portland and Cape Elizabeth, has advice for providing trees for pollinators.
Posted inTimes Record
Intertidal: Trees play an important role in the marine food chain
“If you want to catch a fish, plant a tree.” I have written about the impact of what we do on land on the quality of the water along the coast and, therefore, the health of the marine life it contains. That has focused, however, on the trees’ ability to both hold together the soil […]
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Your Land: Finding ‘commons’ ground
At the nearby Cathance River Education Association, this is camp season, a time when campers ages 6-13 get close-ups (and touches) of the natural world. It is, among other things, a time of wonder. At CREA’s camp, there’s a chalkboard with two simple questions on it: What did you see, or what did you hear? […]