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  • State Plant Regulatory Official

    Ann Gibbs (207-287-7602)

    Serves on the National Plant Board, oversees state pest detection and regulatory activities and coordinates survey activities between government agencies, public and private organizations. Coordinates the state's initial emergency response if an exotic pest is detected.

  • State Survey Coordinator

    Karen Coluzzi (207-287-7551)

    Coordinates survey planning, execution and reporting as well as community outreach activities.

  • State Plant Health Director

    Terry Bourgoin (207-848-5199x15)

    Directs federal APHIS-PPQ pest detection and regulatory activities in cooperation with state officials, and coordinate the initial PPQ emergency response if an exotic pest is detected in the state.

  • Pest Survey Specialist

    Steve Bonstedt (207-848-5199)
    Provides technical support in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.

News
01/11/2012 - New Hope to Save Hemlock Trees from Attack
01/09/2012 - Asian Pest Lands in Maine Worries Berry Growers
01/06/2012 - Asian fruit fly has blueberry and cranberry growers on edge
11/22/2011 - No Invasive Pests Found in Maine Bug Traps
10/25/2011 - Fall is Good Time to Hunt Gypsy Moth Eggs
10/18/2011 - No Ash Borers Found on Mount Desert Island ME
10/11/2011 - Foreign Insects Diseases Got Into US
09/29/2011 - Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas Additions in Indiana Maine Ohio Virginia West Virginia and Wisconsin
09/27/2011 - Hemlocks Still Abundant Despite Adelgid Infestations
09/12/2011 - Citizen Scientists Add Vital Details to the Big Picture
08/31/2011 - Are New Englands Iconic Maples at Risk
08/23/2011 - European Larch Canker Expansion of Regulated Areas
08/18/2011 - Japanese beetles are here to stay but
08/12/2011 - Bug Busting Demonstration Planned August 17 at Birdsacre
08/10/2011 - State Warning Property Owners to be on the Lookout for Noxious Giant Hogweed
08/05/2011 - Giant Hogweed New Confirmed in Areas Around the State of Maine
08/03/2011 - Working Together to Look for Emerald Ash Borer
08/02/2011 - States Step Up Vigilance Against Invasive Bug
08/01/2011 - State Confirms Poisonous Plant Sightings
07/13/2011 - PPQ Postentry Quarantine (PEQ) Release Policy
06/30/2011 - Biologists Prepare to Attack Emerald Insect
05/17/2011 - Fighting Bugs with Bugs in Vaughan Woods
05/09/2011 - Maine to Release Lady Bugs to Control Adelgid Investations
04/18/2011 - Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas and Additions in IN ME OH VA WV WI
03/14/2011 - Insect Endangers South Berwick State Parks Trees
01/13/2011 - Gypsy Moth Additional Townships in Maine Added to Quarantine Area
01/11/2011 - Domestic Quarantine of Gypsy Moth for Townships in Penoscot Piscataquis and Somerset Counties of ME
01/10/2011 - Pine Shoot Beetle Additions to Quaranitine Areas
// - Maine Offers Visitors Firewood Exchange to Keep Bugs Out of State

Related Pages

Weed Identification Tool
Armyworm
Forest Insect and Disease Conditions for Maine
Forestry Related Quarantines in Maine
Maine Defenders of Wildlife
Northeast Plant Diagnostic Network
Invasive Threats
Beetle Busters
Take a Stand for Hemlock
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative
European Fire Ant A New Invasive Insect in Maine
UMaine
Plant Smart
Working with Cerceris fumipennis
Videos

State Using Wasps to Fend Off Invasive Beetle

CAPS 2011 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Options
Black Spruce Beetle Tetropium castaneum Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Brown Spruce Longhorned Beetle Tetropium fuscum Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Eur. Hardwood Ambrosia Beetle Trypodendron domesticum Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
European Spruce Bark Beetle Ips typographus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Goldspotted Oak Borer Agrilus coxalis Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Japanese Pine Sawyer Beetle Monochamus alternatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Lesser Spruce Shoot Beetle Hylurgops palliatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Mediterranean Pine Engraver Orthotomicus erosus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Pine Shoot Beetle Tomicus destruens Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Pine Shoot Beetle (PSB) Tomicus piniperda Pest Info | NAPIS Maps | APHIS-PPQ Page
Redhaired Pine Bark Beetle Hylurgus ligniperda Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Sirex Woodwasp Sirex noctilio Pest Info | NAPIS Maps | APHIS-PPQ Page
Sixtoothed Bark Beetle Ips sexdentatus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps
Sixtoothed Spruce Bark Beetle Pityogenes chalcographus Pest Info | NAPIS Maps