A new testing lab at the University of Maine will help state landowners monitor their trees for the presence of […]
New Spruce Budworm Testing Lab at UMaine critical to mitigating impact of destructive insect – U Maine
Tag: Early Intervention Strategy
Did you know that with strict COVID-19 health guidelines in effect in spring 2020, two Natural Resources of Canada employees […]
The spruce budworm is an insect that eats the needles of fir and spruce, weakening the trees an putting them […]
The spruce budworm is an insect that is native to North America, and it’s actually a small caterpillar feeding on […]
Over the past eight years, EIS researchers have been working to better understand the spruce budworm, their outbreaks, and how […]
Another year of experimental treatments in New Brunswick for the Early Intervention Strategy (EIS) have come to pass. The 2021 […]
Swift action and the strategic use of a biological insecticide have spared New Brunswick forests the worst of a feared outbreak, […]
A spraying program is quadrupling to battle rising spruce budworm numbers in western Newfoundland, but Parks Canada has decided to […]
Parks Canada has decided that Gros Morne National Park won’t join an early intervention spraying program to control spruce budworm. English only To read […]
By Dr. Lucas E. Roscoe, Research Scientist at the Canadian Forest Service (Natural Resources Canada) Insects find their way around […]