The insecticide was used to control spruce budworm, which mainly feeds on balsam fir and white spruce, and is a natural pest ...

The state’s Maine Spruce Budworm Task Force has outlined steps forest owners can take in at-risk areas to minimize damage, ...

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Canada’s forests make up nearly one-tenth of the world’s total. We are one of the most forested countries in the world, ...

Among the oaks, white, red and bur oak all stand tall as ecological heavyweights. Their acorns feed wildlife, their canopies ...

The Atlantic province's first female premier is a big fan of rugged cliffs, sprawling forests and delicious lobster ...

For this scent, sandalwood, cedar, and balsam fir shine through the note, while a sweetness comes through that's reminiscent of the waft you'd smell after pouring a glass of a dark liquor (more ...

A voracious insect called the spruce budworm was ravaging Maine’s North Woods, killing mountainsides of balsam fir and red spruce. Climbing Katahdin in September 1980, forestry habitat biologist ...

Some stay in Maine through the winter, collecting balsam fir branches for wreaths, or working in the seafood processing industry. A truck belonging to the Passamaquoddy Wild Blueberry Company ...

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