News Source 8 Reporter Megan Waceken explains how the spruce budworm could impact Northern Maine and what some folks are ...

Spruce's interest in natural history dated back to his very early years ... His work in Ecuador was largely concerned with the procurement of seeds of the cinchona tree. Spruce was one of those ...

Spruce budworm is native to Maine. It has natural predators and a whole forest of food supply primarily feasting on spruce and fir trees… which make up the majority of the Northern Maine forest.

Credit: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Over the past four ... At the time, balsam fir was second only to the spruce as the tree most used in paper production in Minnesota.