Great Pond/Pests & Pathogens Webinar & Field Tour

Year 3 logoYear 4: Adaptation & Implementation

Restoration & Sustainable Forestry in the Face of Pests & Pathogens

Webinar Recording

Webinar: March 6, 2024, Noon-1pm

1 Cat 1 SAF CFE eligible
Field Tour: Mar 8, 2024, 9:30am – 1:30pm

4.5 Cat 1 SAF CFE eligible

Location: Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust, East Orland. 5,000 acres of mountains, woods, and water managed for wildlife habitat, sustainable forestry, and community trails. 2023 Maine Outstanding Tree Farmer Award.
Discussion: Restoration and sustainable forestry at the Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust with GPMCT’s Roger Greene, and discussions covering beech management, forest defoliators, and disease threats in the Acadia region with Jesse Wheeler & Emma Lanning, National Park Service, and Regina Smith, Cooperative Forestry Research Unit.

Resource Links

Acadia National Park Pests, Diseases, & Invasives

The Importance of Maine’s Family Forest Owners

Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust Awarded 2023 Maine Outstanding Tree Farmer

Maine Forest Service Resources

Beech leaf disease in Maine page – https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mfs/forest_health/invasive_threats/beech_leaf_disease.htm#:~:text=resistance%20to%20BLD.-,Why%20is%20beech%20leaf%20disease%20a%20concern%3F,result%20in%20beech%20bark%20disease.
Maine Forest Service Condition Reports sign up – https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mfs/publications/condition_reports.html
How to survey for BLD – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07db6Y0wJ6I

Pests Present on MDI and Acadia National Park

HWA at Acadia:

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid – Acadia National Park (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

Browntail moth info & management at Acadia (2019):

Briefing Statement: Browntail Moth in Acadia (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

Red Pine Scale effects in Acadia:

Red Pine Scale kills red pine trees at Acadia (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

Pests Not Observed on MDI or Acadia National Park

EAB monitoring at Acadia:

Monitoring for Emerald Ash Borer in Acadia National Park (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

Southern Pine Beetle – Early Detection Monitoring and Research at Acadia:

Research Brief: Tracking the spread of the Southern Pine Beetle (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)