trees
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PublishedJuly 16, 2024
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.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2024
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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PublishedJune 8, 2024
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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PublishedMarch 22, 2024
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.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2023
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.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2023
Intertidal: Trees play an important role in the marine food chain
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PublishedJune 27, 2023
Your Land: Finding ‘commons’ ground
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2023
Viles Arboretum experiments with ‘Forest of the Future’
As climate change alters conditions for Maine's flora, the arboretum experiments with non-native trees to figure out which species could thrive in warmer conditions.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2022
Historic Phippsburg giant featured in book ‘Big Trees of Northern New England’
In his new book, New Hampshire boat builder Kevin Martin maps out over 50 trails for hiking, biking and boating to visit some of New England's oldest and largest trees, including the English linden planted in 1774 at the Phippsburg Congregational Church.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2022
Commentary: Don’t be fooled by myths of carbon in Maine, New England wood products
Despite its trendy greenwashed label, the success of lumber and wood products in storing carbon fails miserably to measure up to what living trees do.
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