Funding would help treat nearly 300,000 acres of Maine forests and prevent further spread Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she has secured $14 million to help combat the spread of spruce budworm in Maine forests in disaster relief legislation that was released last night. The […]
An aerial survey confirmed 3,000 acres of Maine’s forest were damaged by spruce budworm in July. Modeling indicates 178,000 acres are at risk of defoliation from budworm larvae that will emerge next spring. A spruce budworm outbreak has plagued Maine’s northern borders for nearly two decades, with the tree-killing moths making sporadic incursions from Quebec
PPH: Budworms ravaged Maine’s forests for years. They’re starting to come back. Read More »
Guidance results from unprecedented public-private partnership in support of proactive species conservation on working forestlands The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO), and the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc. (NCASI) have released a new resource that provides guidance for forest managers to support wood turtles on their
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Who: Maine Department of Labor What: Public hearing and comment period for Paid Family and Medical Leave program rules. When: Public hearing in Augusta on Monday, June 10 at 9 am. Comments accepted through July 8. Where: Frances Perkins Room at 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta. Written comments, broken down by section, can be submitted here. Link to MFPC comment
For Immediate Release: May 20, 2024 Maine Department of Labor Publishes Paid Family Medical Leave Rules for Public Comment The Department will accept comments through July 8 AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Labor has published proposed rules for Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave Program, which is now available for comments from the
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Please reach out to members of the ACF Committee TODAY and urge them to vote ‘OUGHT NOT TO PASS’ on LD 1985! While this started out as a busy week, legislative work came to a grinding halt as we all hunkered down to brace for the winter storm. Legislative sessions were canceled on Thursday and
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Last week, we urged our members to contact Governor Mills in order to request a veto of LD 1496, “An Act to Restrict Noncompete Clauses” because if it becomes law, it will put confidential information for businesses that operate in Maine at risk. We are pleased to report that Governor Mills heard our concerns, and that
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Happy Monday! Due to family illness, conflicting engagements and the outright chaos of the session, we were unable to send our typical weekly update on Friday, so please accept this email today as our formal update. At this point, bills are being moved at a rapid pace with tentative and last minute scheduling, and work
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Only 33 days remain until statutory adjournment for the Second Regular Session of the 131st Legislature. Committees are churning out bills, but many big ticket items remain. Lawmakers will have to continue to pick up the pace to meet the looming deadline. While the Council has been striking items from our list, there’s still a
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This week, while committees were working hard to address the remainder of the bills before them, the Maine Forest Products Council was following along while also focusing on the public hearing before the Board of Environmental Protections on the DEP’s proposed rules for Chapter 375: No Adverse Environmental Effect Standards of the Site Location of
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