Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Update for Cities and Towns
Thursday, September 11, 2025
9:30 AM–12:00 PM
Belfast City Boathouse
34 Commercial Street, Belfast, ME
The emerald ash borer continues to spread through the communities and forests of Maine. This destructive, non-native wood borer threatens not only the ecosystems with ash trees, but also community trees and budgets in cities and towns with ash trees. Communities can take measures to prepare for and respond to this pest and reduce its local impacts.
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the City of Belfast are hosting a workshop to update city and town tree and forest managers and public works staff along with interested community members on the known status of emerald ash borer in Maine, local and state management efforts, municipal support opportunities, and will include plenty of time for Q&A.
The program will begin at 9:30 AM on September 11 at the Belfast City Boathouse at 34 Commercial Street, Belfast, and will run roughly 2.5 hours. Please share with municipal tree managers and others within your community government who may be interested (tree warden, arborist, public works, parks, transfer station, etc.).
We plan to make a Teams Webinar option available for those who want to join remotely; however, we encourage in-person attendance for the best experience.
- Introduction
- Update on current distribution and latest surveys
- Quarantine update
- Biological control update
- Municipal management plans
- What are Maine towns doing?
- Pesticide options for management
- City of Belfast Tree Working Group/Camden Conservation Commission
- Detection, response, remediation funding opportunities
- Question & answer
- Wrap up
Presenters: Allyssa Gregory, Mike Parisio, Colleen Teerling, Jan Santerre, Gabe LeMay
Directions to the Belfast Boathouse
Continuing education credits will be offered for in-person attendees only: Licensed pesticide applicator (2), Maine Licensed Professional Forester (pending).
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