Maine Invasive Species Network

Invasive Aquatic Coordinator – IF&W Senior Resource Biologist The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is seeking to fill a Fisheries Senior Resource Biologist vacancy in Augusta, ME.  BRIEF JOB DESCRIPTION:  This position is engaged in professional services and scientific work involving the conservation and management of inland fisheries, including the protection, preservation, and […]

The State of New Hampshire, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, Division of Forest and Lands, has a full-time vacancy for a Forester I, to work out of our Fox Forest Research Center, located in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Summary: To plan and conduct forest health monitoring programs within the Division of Forests and Lands in […]

Eastern Maine Conservation Initiative (EMCImaine.org) is accepting proposals for academic or professional research and/or conservation projects in the following areas: environmental sciences, wildlife conservation, cultural geography, or historic preservation. Projects focusing on Washington county will get preference. Applications must be received by February 1, 2023. Annual grants from $1000-$3000 will be awarded in March 2023. […]

Two permanent positions are open within the Coastal Program in the Gulf of Maine (1) and Southern New England (1) offices of the US Fish and Wildlife Service.  We are looking for biologists with experience in tidal marsh restoration / ecology (ideally) – and GIS skills would be a big bonus.   The job vacancy announcements […]

UMass Extension’s Fruit Program presents for this series of FREE webinars focusing on the impact, monitoring, and management of invasive insects in Massachusetts and the nation! Topics to include spotted lanternfly updates, management, and entomopathogens, forest pest risk re. climate change; the beech leaf disease nematode; and invasive forest insects. Please note while participants from anywhere […]

On Thursday, Nov. 10, the National Potato Council (NPC) and a dozen state potato associations issued a letter to USDA Undersecretary of Marketing and Regulatory Services Jenny Moffitt calling on the department to work with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to develop new phytosanitary protocols to prevent the spread of potato wart from Prince […]

What is a sleeper species? Join a webinar to learn which plants may cause future ecological and socioeconomic harm in the Northeast (CT, ME, MA, NH, NY, RI, VT).

Maine Natural Areas Program has received permission to hire an Invasive Plant Biologist in Acting Capacity for 12-15 months while this position is undergoing a reclassification review. The position will pay between $22 and $23/hour and comes with limited State benefits. The position in the new classification is expected to be posted next summer. Anyone […]

This month, Hirundo Wildlife Refuge is focusing much of its efforts on invasive species removal. Please join us on April 16 from 10:00 – 12:00 to help protect the native plant and animal populations by taking part in the management of non-native invasive plant species. An invasive plant is defined as a plant that is […]

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has determined importation of tablestock potatoes to the U.S. from Prince Edward Island can soon resume. Imports have been suspended since November 2021 after two positive tests for potato wart in PEI fields.