Wabanaki

University of Maine Workshop on Brown Ash and the Cultural Importance to Wabanaki Tribes: a Highlight of the Public Lands Staff Spring Training Sessions

A devastating threat is bearing down on New England’s oldest documented artistic tradition. Emerald ash borer, an insect native to Asia, has barreled through ash stands in at least 35 states and three Canadian provinces since it was first documented in Michigan and Ontario in 2002. Brown ash (Fraxinus nigra), the...