Brown Tail Awareness Month

 

February is Brown Tail Moth Awareness Month and the beginning of Brown Tail Moth Eradication Month. More details can be found at the Maine Department of Agriculture Conservation and Forestry: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MEDACF/bulletins/3016765

Webinar February 10, 2022, 4 PM
Blue Hill Heritage Trust, Island Heritage Trust, Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District, Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust, and Frenchman Bay Conservancy are hosting a conversation about Brown Tail Moths in the region with State Entomologist and Director of MFS Forest Health and Monitoring Allison Kanoti. A brief overview of the problem and management approaches will be presented. Register for this free webinar.

At some point, the Mariners Memorial Park Committee will be hosting workshop sessions, open to the public, at Mariners Memorial Park on safely eliminating brown tail moth nests, once winter snows do not impede us.