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We also presented on the uses of the data, for ash resilience research, EAB monitoring, seed collection, lingering ash identification, and cultural access. In the morning, we reviewed the Ecosystem Investigative Network&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/investigate.gmri.org\/project\/protecting_ash\/protocol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Protecting Ash Project for the Future<\/a> data collection protocol, and in the afternoon the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monitoringash.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MaMA community science projects<\/a> which support resistance breeding efforts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you know of ash near you, and would like to learn more and get involved in these data collection efforts, please email apcaw-group@maine.edu to connect with a member of our team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/apcaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/668\/2025\/08\/IMG_4523-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/apcaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/668\/2025\/08\/IMG_4523-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/apcaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/668\/2025\/08\/IMG_4523-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/apcaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/668\/2025\/08\/IMG_4523-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/apcaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/668\/2025\/08\/IMG_4523-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/apcaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/668\/2025\/08\/IMG_4523-105x79.jpeg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/apcaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/668\/2025\/08\/IMG_4523-317x238.jpeg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/apcaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/668\/2025\/08\/IMG_4523-423x317.jpeg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/apcaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/668\/2025\/08\/IMG_4523-634x476.jpeg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/apcaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/668\/2025\/08\/IMG_4523-846x635.jpeg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/apcaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/668\/2025\/08\/IMG_4523-951x713.jpeg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/apcaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/668\/2025\/08\/IMG_4523-1268x951.jpeg 1268w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/apcaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/668\/2025\/08\/IMG_4523-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/apcaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/668\/2025\/08\/IMG_4523.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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