Healthy Forest Partnership “In the news” features original news stories with our experts, from both French and English media sources (not translated).
A Progressive Conservative MLA says the Liberal government isn't spending enough to combat the looming spruce budworm infestation.
Read moreL'industrie forestière néo-brunswickoise et les scientifiques accueillent favorablement les deux millions de dollars annoncés dans le budget du gouvernement provincial pour combattre la tordeuse des bourgeons de l'épinette.
Read moreIs New Brunswick managing to hold back an invasion of spruce budworm moths?
Read moreBesides the $2-million announcement in Tuesday's speech, the province is expecting to get some help from the federal government to battle a threatened outbreak of spruce budworm in the province.
Read moreA scientist with Natural Resources Canada has been working year-round to make sure the Maritimes’ multi-million dollar Christmas tree industry continues to prosper.
Read moreAs scientists continued to monitor the state’s forests in advance of another battle with the voracious spruce budworm, data gathered this summer show that there were far fewer of the insects on the landscape this summer than a year before.
Read morePopulations of spruce budworm remained low across northern Maine this year, although entomologists caution that simply means the next outbreak of the destructive forest pest is delayed, not avoided.
Read moreNew Brunswick is on the brink of another spruce budworm outbreak and the forestry industry — the largest in the province — is doing everything in its power to prevent massive defoliation like that of the 1970s.
Read moreLa tordeuse des bourgeons de l'épinette s'approche du Nouveau-Brunswick et des équipes de forestiers et de scientifiques tentent de tout faire pour empêcher l'infestation de se propager chez nous.
Read moreA spruce budworm outbreak in Quebec could kill off trees spanning an area the size of New Brunswick in the next few years and fuel more forest fires, according to Natural Resources Canada.
Read moreThe spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) is a destructive forest pest.
Read morePhotos of budworm moths coating trees and roadways in northern New Brunswick may be creepy, but a senior federal scientist says further study is needed to see if the sudden migration warrants costly, targeted spraying.
Read morePhotos of budworm moths coating trees and roadways in northern New Brunswick may be creepy, but a senior federal scientist says further study is needed to see if the sudden migration warrants costly, targeted spraying.
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