Folks are working to prevent the Spruce budworm population from getting out of control in our Northern Maine Woods.

Maine moving forward with budworm control, but funding delay will limit spray area After the Legislature failed to pass $2 million in emergency funding, spraying this spring will cover only about ...

Parts of the North Cascades and Mount Baker are facing an outbreak of the western spruce budworm, aerial surveys reveal. The ...

Concern about spruce budworm outbreak in the Northland With snow rapidly melting this week, a reminder that wildfire season is coming up.

Maine tree spraying will kill any caterpillars, not just forest pests While not toxic to people or most animals, pesticides to protect spruce and fir trees against budworm could also hurt the ...

The region has been experiencing a spruce budworm outbreak, DNR officials say. The native bugs are about an inch long, but they can gather in the thousands to feed primarily on balsam firs.

Spruce budworm infestation fuels flames Part of what is driving the easy spread of the fire is an old pest: spruce budworm.

The budworm kills balsam fires and spruce trees, which are abundant in the north of the state.