Maine Foresters Prepare for Spruce Budworm Infestation By A.J. HIGGINS, MPBN News Forty years ago, Maine’s forests were devastated by a cyclical spruce budworm infestation that destroyed 25 million cords of white spruce and balsam fir trees. Forestry experts say another infestation is only a couple of years away, and while Maine is better prepared read more MPBN Reports on Spruce Budworm