Ash Protection Collaboration Across Waponahkik

On July 22nd, APCAW, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, and the Monitoring and Managing Ash (MaMA) program of the Ecosystem Research Institute organized a full day of activities to learn about community science data collection projects for ash trees. Our goal was to train participants to feel confident in their ash ID, ash gender classifications, […]

Read the summary of his presentation on page 27 of this report and access the recording.

APCAW changing lab name spelling to “Waponahkik” from “Wabanakik” During the community review process for an emerging mapping project, we heard questions from language speakers, community members, and a Tribal historic preservation officer who asked us why we chose to use the spelling “Wabanakik” to refer to the land of the dawn. We didn’t have […]

Tyler Everett and Ella McDonald were featured in a recent article by Laura Sitterly about Native Seed Collection, along with our partner Emily Baisden at Wild Seed Project. Read the article here!

As of October 2024, Maine Forest Service recorded new satellite detections in Aroostook County and changed Maine’s EAB quarantine boundaries to now include parts of land stewarded by Mi’kmaq Nation. For basket makers needing to move a limited number of brown ash logs outside of Maine’s EAB quarantine area, a limited use permit can be […]

Read the article here.

On October 8th and 9th, 2024, APCAW hosted over 20 speakers and panelists from Tribal Nations, Universities, Federal and State agencies, and nonprofit partners to present to a hybrid audience of over 200 people about hope and challenges surrounding brown ash protection. While the first day focused on the scientific predictions of the impact of […]

Read about Maine Audubon’s efforts to release biocontrol, inject healthy trees, and collect seed to sustain the white ash trees in their property in Falmouth, ME: https://maineaudubon.org/news/putting-gilsland-farm-to-work-in-the-effort-to-preserve-maine-ash-trees/

Recent newsletter from the Maine Forest Service: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MEDACF/bulletins/3aac2ee The Maine Forest Service and the APCAW Lab at the University of Maine are cooperating with the USDA APHIS Forest Pests Methods Laboratory and private landowners in a study that will integrate insecticide treatments of ash with biological control releases. In this first year of the study, we would like to identify one more […]

On June 21st, 2024, John Daigle will speak about APCAW at the Lake Conference organized by the Lake Stewards of Maine & Maine Lakes. Find more information here.