Times Record covers Bath talk on invasive moth
The Times Record reported on a public forum in Bath to discuss the browntail moth infestation. This was the second of several forums led by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, according to the article. The moth has the ability to defoliate trees, and has tiny hairs that can cause a rash and respiratory problems in humans. “You aren’t imagining that the defoliation has increased,” said Lynne Holland, a community education assistant with UMaine Extension. “We are right in the heart of it here (in Sagadahoc County).”