UMaine Extension’s Holland to lead Freeport meeting on browntail moth infestation, Forecaster reports
Lynne Holland, a community education assistant with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will lead a March 9 talk in Freeport on pesticide-free methods of combating the browntail moth, The Forecaster reported. The insects damage trees and can cause rashes and “severe reactions” in some who touch the caterpillar’s fur, according to the article. Holland’s talk will focus on raising public awareness of the problem in Freeport, where town officials discontinued pesticide spraying because it was ineffective, the article states. The Sun Journal also published the Forecaster article.