The native insect that feasts on the short-lived conifers has exploded throughout much of the state’s northeastern region at ...

89% of the state of Maine is covered in forests and half of those trees are spruce and fir trees. The state legislature is working to pass $2 million in the supplemental budget to protect these trees.

The eastern spruce budworm – a native insect that feasts on the aromatic, fast-growing, and short-lived conifers – has exploded throughout much of northeast Minnesota. In the years since the ...