spruce budworm

In epidemic years, when the population explodes, the budworm becomes of the most damaging forest insects in north America

Federal funding to counter the insect's growing threat to Maine woodlands is included in a proposed budget deal.

Landowners worry an emerging infestation in Northern Maine could be the worst in decades.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ Maine is looking for citizen scientist volunteers in the state's northern reaches to help understand the rise and spread of spruce…

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine officials say a steady rise in the numbers of spruce budworm caught in traps along the Canadian border is cause for concern in the…