Maine Invasive Species Network

The Nature Conservancy in Maine is hiring for a Downeast Land Relations Steward. Excerpts from the position description: The Downeast Land Relations Steward is a full-time, permanent position coordinating land stewardship/management activities on the Nature Conservancy’s more than 30,000 acres of preserves and several easements in the Downeast region, with a focus on collaborating with […]

Please consider participating in the INAUGURAL International Invasive Species and Climate Change Conference (IISCCC) on January 30 and 31, 2024.  Registration is free but please sign up as soon as possible as very large attendance is expected: International Invasive Species and Climate Change Conference This conference is virtual allowing for more international attendance while reducing our […]

U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Cohen’s recent visit to Prince Edward Island has again spotlighted ongoing potato wart disease issues affecting trade between the U.S. and PEI.

People who may use herbicides, or other pesticides, to treat invasive species in Maine, may want to take notice of this information.  Adjuvants are now defined as pesticides in Maine, and therefore will require registration and reporting starting in 2024 (i.e., applicator end of year report).   You can find more information here:  https://www.maine.gov/dacf/php/pesticides/adjuvant-registrations.shtml Also, the […]

The US Forest Service Eastern Region is now requesting fiscal year (FY) 2024 proposals for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Invasive Species Non-Federal Lands High Priority Regional Projects Grant Program.  As part of BIL’s broader ecosystem restoration objective, the BIL Invasive Species Non-Federal Lands Program aims to strategically sustain the health of forest ecosystems or […]

A nice article about Japanese knotweed from the Maine Public Radio. Unlike the “sky is falling” narrative common for pieces on invasive species, this one even ends on a positive note.

The National Potato Council just issued a statement on completion of potato wart sampling on Prince Edward Island. So far, potato wart has been a quarantine success story. Hopefully, it will remain this way.

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry proposes expanding three forest protection quarantines to slow the spread of emerald ash borer, hemlock woolly adelgid, and European larch canker. Opportunities for public comment include public hearings at two sites and through a virtual option on September 6, 2023, at 10:00 AM, at the Maine Forest […]

September 12, 2023, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. EDT Brian Eshenaur, of the New York State IPM Program, will provide over Zoom a free overview of spotted lanternfly (SLF), an invasive planthopper that’s both a nuisance and a threat to vineyards and other crops. The first confirmed U.S. find of SLF was in 2014 in […]

The Department of Agriculture Conservation and Forestry has recently verified the first known occurrence of mile-a-minute weed (Persicaria perfoliata) in Maine. This potentially very serious wee apparently arrived with ornamental plants. If you encounter a vine resembling mile-a-minute weed, please visit the Maine Natural Areas webpage for identification information. If the plant matches the description, […]