Maine Invasive Species Network

To understand the growing risks of tick-borne diseases in Maine and investigate potential risk mitigation strategies, University of Maine’s researchers developed the state’s first active tick surveillance program in partnership with volunteer landowners with up to 1,000 wooded acres in Androscoggin, Cumberland, Hancock, Knox, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo and York counties. Land managers and citizen […]

The Maine Natural Areas Program (MNAP) within the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) seeks adventurous interns for two Invasive Plant Biology Internships in Southern Maine in summer 2021 (York and Cumberland counties). The interns will survey, map, treat, and monitor invasive terrestrial and wetland plants, with a special focus on perennial pepperweed […]

The National Park Service (NPS) is hosting a weekly Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Webinar Series that the NPS IPM program is coordinating with Invasive Species programs. There is a “Register Now” button near the top of the website page or you can register here for the March series. You can also view recorded webinars on […]

AUGUSTA, Maine — Zebra Mussels, a highly invasive and prolific species, have been found hitchhiking on aquatic moss balls sold in pet stores in Maine and throughout the country. Maine’s natural resource agencies are urging anyone who may have bought these moss balls to destroy them, and for pet stores to remove them from the […]

Maine Forest Service asks Mainers to go Heads Up! for browntail moth— look up to the trees for winter webs.

Open positions at Baxter State Park–links below. Interpretive Specialist HR Director Enforcement Ranger

Multiple seasonal positions open for our 2021 Invasive Plant Management Team at Acadia National Park. Mid-May through mid-October. Biological Science Technicians (Plants) Application deadline is 2/12/2021.

Seven Lakes Alliance in Belgrade, Maine is looking for seasonal hires to help fight invasive aquatic species. Our seasonal positions can be used as internships in Biology, Botany, Environmental Science, Lake Management, Outdoor Skills & Leadership, and more! See 2021 job flyer for more information and instructions on how to apply.

Attention foresters and other natural resource professionals! The Maine Forest Service and the Maine Natural Areas Program are offering intensive training on invasive plant identification, mapping, and treatment practices, as part of a new program that offers financial incentives to landowners to have Invasive Plant Control Practice Plans written by a trained professional.  The program […]

A new study led by Kathryn Miller, University of Maine alumna and quantitative ecologist for the National Park Services’ Northeast Temperate Network, revealed that invasive species are widespread and increasing in the Eastern national parks. The most common invasives, Japanese stiltgrass, multiflora rose and Japanese honeysuckle were found in 75 percent of the parks sampled. Garlic mustard was identified in nearly […]