UMass Extension’s Landscape, Nursery, and Urban Forestry Program and UMass Extension’s Fruit Program will hold a series of morning webinars focusing on the impact, monitoring, and management of invasive insects in Massachusetts on February 16th – 18th.
February 16th
9 – 10:15 am: Browntail Moth in Maine — Tom Schmeelk, Entomologist, Maine Forest Service Browntail moth is a non-native species that poses human health risks as well as concerns for forest health. This species is currently experiencing a population boom in Maine and may pose a risk in other states as it is a good hitch hiker. This presentation will cover lifecycle, history, current situation and what to look for as well as management and mitigation strategies.
10:30 -11:45 am: Invasive Forests Insects in Massachusetts: Past, Present, and Future — Nicole Keleher, Forest Health Director, MA DCRBackground on historic forest pests in the Commonwealth as well as a dive into current insects impacting our forest landscape, and discussion of the impact of climate change on invasive insect threats of the future.
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