ABC 8, Press Herald cite research from budworm task force
WMTW (ABC 8 in Portland) and the Portland Press Herald highlighted research on budworm outbreaks from a state task force in which the University of Maine Cooperative Forestry Research Unit is a partner. The research states that every 30 to 60 years, there is an outbreak and severe defoliation. Maine is expected to have outbreak populations of the insect within three years, and has 300,000 acres of fir trees at risk.