AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine is looking for citizen scientist volunteers in the state’s northern reaches to help understand the rise and spread of spruce budworm populations.
The spruce budworm is a forest pest that destroyed more than a fifth of the fir trees in Maine during an outbreak in the 1970s and ‘80s.
Maine wants residents to help with the Budworm Tracker Program, which needs volunteers to help conduct research and monitor spruce budworm populations in backyards and woodlots.
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