Press Herald interviews Daigle on brown ash trees
The Portland Press Herald interviewed John Daigle, professor of forest recreation management at the University of Maine School of Forest Resources and Mitchell Center faculty fellow, on brown ash trees. Scientists and Wabanaki tribes are collaborating to protect brown ash trees in Maine, which are vital to Wabanaki basket making traditions, from the invasive emerald ash borer. Daigle, who is also a citizen member of the Penobscot Nation, emphasized the need for landowners to identify and harvest healthy brown ash before it’s too late. The report also highlighted the initiative founded by Daigle, the Ash Protection Collaboration Across Wabanakik, and work from UMaine graduate student Tyler Everett, who is researching the regional impacts of the emerald ash borer on brown ash trees.
For more information see this Mitchell Center article:
For UMaine emerald ash borer researchers, preparing for the inevitable is an act of hope