Coming Together for Black Ash and Basketry Traditions In late October, members of the Ash Protection Collaboration Across Waponahkik (APCAW) attended the Inter-Nation Gathering on the Future of Black Ash and Basketry in the Abenaki community of Odanak, Québec. The event united Indigenous and non-Indigenous experts, basket makers, community leaders, and researchers to discuss efforts […]
Read more
APCAW recently partnered with Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust, Downeast Audubon, Native Gardens of Blue Hill, and Maine Tree Farm to develop an event for landowners, city and town employees, conservation organizations and their volunteers, foresters, and citizen scientists to learn about the status of emerald ash borer and actions that can be taken to […]
Read more
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 more
Read the summary of his presentation on page 27 of this report and access the recording.
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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!
Read more
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 more
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 more
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/
Read more