Southern Pine Beetle Impacts in Massachusetts: Online Information Meeting for Landowners and Natural Resource Managers
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On June 16, 2026 the North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange's (NAFSE) Southern Pine Beetle Working Group and the U.S. Forest Service hosted the Southern Pine Beetle Impacts in Massachusetts online information meeting. Outbreaks of southern pine beetle are occurring in Massachusetts and this online informational meeting was open to anyone seeking identification, suppression, and management information about this small, but significantly impactful neo-native bark beetle.
Webinar Agenda
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM: Introduction/Housekeeping/Objectives - Polly Weigand (Forest Stewards Guild and NAFSE) and Kevin Dodds (U.S. Forest Service)
9:15 AM - 9:40 AM: Southern Pine Beetle Biology - Caroline Kanaskie (University of Maine at Fort Kent)
9:40 AM - 10:05 AM: Southern Pine Beetle Management Options in Pitch Pine - Kevin Dodds (U.S. Forest Service)
10:05 AM - 10:30 AM: Overview of Southern Pine Beetle in New York - Jess Cancelliere and Rob Cole (both from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation)
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Break
10:45 AM - 11:10 AM: Status of Southern Pine Beetle in Massachusetts - Felicia Hubacz (Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation)
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM: Pitch Pine Restoration Across Massachusetts - Jake McCumber (Massachusetts Army National Guard)
11:35 AM - 12:00 PM: Massachusetts Southern Pine Beetle Plan - Mark Faulkenberry (Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation)
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM: Q & A Session
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