MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • January 30, 2022
When I learned that southern pine beetles, described in a recent University of New Hampshire press release as “one of the most damaging tree-dwelling insects in the Southeast,” have arrived in Maine, I worried that the Maine woods would be destroyed. Maine is the Pine Tree State, after all. Maine State Entomologist Allison Kanoti assured me that things aren’t that bad yet, but added that the insect is a cause for concern. ~ Tom Atwell