UMaine Interviews about Emerald Ash Borer Surveillance and Aquatic Plant Pests
Posted by: Caleb Slemmons (UMaine, School of Marine Sciences) From UMaine News feed at http://umaine.edu/news/feed Grad Student Interviewed about Emerald Ash Borer Bio-Surveillance Caroline Moore...
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Extension Horticulturist Warns of Giant Hogweed
It won’t jump out and bite, as University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor Lois Berg Stack says, but anyone brushing up against and breaking open the robust hairs on the leaves of the giant...
View ArticleRegional Invasive Species IPM Working Group Meeting
Posted by: Caleb Slemmons, UMaine School of Marine Sciences Meeting minutes are currently available for the Northeastern invasive species IPM group that convened last November in Amherst, MA to discuss...
View ArticleReport on non-native invasive plants at the Penobscot Experimental Forest in...
Posted by: Caleb Slemmons, UMaine School of Biology and Ecology A report was recently published in the Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, detailing a survey of invasive plants at the Penobscot...
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National Invasive Species Awareness Week, Feb. 26 – March 3rd, 2012
Check the NISAW page for more information and updates on events! National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW), now in its third year, is an awareness week that will be marked by national, state and...
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Maine Forest Pest Outreach and Survey Project
Contributed by: Karen Coluzzi (Maine Dept. of Ag) The Forest Pest Outreach and Survey Project (FPOSP), a cooperative effort between federal and state agricultural and forestry officials, has been...
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Invasives threaten native wildlife at Rachel Carson Refuge
By Anne Gilmore (Rachel Carson NWR) At Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge (RCNWR), wildlife comes first. One of the biggest threats to native wildlife, at RCNWR and abound, are invasive plant...
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Mitigating invasive sea squirt impacts to shellfish in the Gulf of Maine
By: Felipe Paredes, UMaine School of Marine Sciences In the marine world, invasive species are very hard to detect and often impossible to eradicate. The key is always in preventing introductions, but...
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Vital Signs, new species cards and summer success!
By: Sarah Morrisseau, GMRI Vital Signs Program Maine’s Vital Signs community had an incredible summer with species observations rolling in from China Lake, Long Cove, Narraguagus Bay, Kezar Lake,...
View ArticleCall for National Invasive Species Achievement Awards
Posted by: Caleb Slemmons, UMaine School of Biology and Ecology For the second time, the major national invasive species coordinating groups will present national invasive species awards during...
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Friends Battle the Purple Plague at Sunkhaze Meadows Refuge
By: Danielle D’Auria, Friends of Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge One of the most enjoyable streams to kayak within 15 miles of downtown Bangor is Sunkhaze Stream at the heart of the Sunkhaze...
View ArticleNew Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Video from NE-IPM Center
By: Chris Gonzales, Northeastern IPM Center “Tracking the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug,” a new web video produced by the Northeastern IPM Center, shows growers and others how to identify BMSB, why this...
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Volunteers Ramp Up Invasive Control on Casco Bay Islands
The Maine Island Trail is a series of almost 200 island and mainland sites, stretching the entire coast from the New Hampshire border to the Canadian border. These sites are open for low-impact...
View ArticleCooperative Extension Bulletin Cited in Press Herald Column
A bulletin from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension was cited in the latest column in the Portland Press Herald Maine Gardener series. The article focused on the swallowwort, an invasive...
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Biological Invasions Class at UMO Lists Maine’s “Dirty Dozen” Invasives
By: Dr. Andrei Alyokhin, UMaine Assoc. Professor of Applied Entomology Biological Invasions is an upper-level undergraduate / lower level graduate course listed in the School of Biology and Ecology...
View ArticleCooperative Extension Mentioned in Press Herald Gardening Column
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension was mentioned in the latest column in the Portland Press Herald’s Maine Gardener series. The article focused on the state of Maine preparing to hire a...
View ArticleJoin MISN on Facebook!
MISN now has its own Facebook page. Check it out by clicking on the “f” at the top left corner of any MISN website page. Thanks to MISN members Emily Norton and Cheri Bruneault for creating this new...
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Vital Signs, New Species Cards and Summer Success!
By: Sarah Morrisseau, GMRI Vital Signs Program Maine’s Vital Signs community had an incredible summer with species observations rolling in from China Lake, Long Cove, Narraguagus Bay, Kezar Lake,...
View ArticleCall for National Invasive Species Achievement Awards
Posted by: Caleb Slemmons, UMaine School of Biology and Ecology For the second time, the major national invasive species coordinating groups will present national invasive species awards during...
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Friends Battle the Purple Plague at Sunkhaze Meadows Refuge
By: Danielle D’Auria, Friends of Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge One of the most enjoyable streams to kayak within 15 miles of downtown Bangor is Sunkhaze Stream at the heart of the Sunkhaze...
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