AREA OF EXPERTISE |
CONTACT |
AGENCY |
TELEPHONE |
Home, Yard, and Garden Pests |
Home and Garden Pests |
Clay Kirby |
UMCE |
207-581-2963 |
Plant Diseases |
Bruce Watt |
UMCE |
207-581-3883 |
Forest and Shade Tree Insects |
Charlene Donahue |
MFS |
207-287-2431 |
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Colleen Teerling |
MFS |
207-287-2431 |
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Allison Kanoti |
MFS |
207-287-2431 |
Forest & Shade Tree Diseases |
Bill Ostrofsky |
MFS |
207-287-2431 |
| Fruit Tree Pests |
Glen Koehler
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UMCE |
207-581-3882 |
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Renae Moran
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UMCE |
207-933-2100 |
Ornamental Plant Pests |
Ann Gibbs |
MDA |
207-287-3891 |
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Sarah Scally |
MDA |
207-287-8663 |
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Carole Neil |
MDA |
207-287-7612 |
Vegetable Pests |
Mark Hutton |
UMCE |
207-933-2100 |
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David Handley |
UMCE |
207-933-2100 |
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Kathy Murray |
MDA |
207-287-7616 |
Small Fruit (strawberries, raspberries, highbush blueberry) |
David Handley |
UMCE |
207-933-2100 |
Lawn Pests |
Gary Fish |
MDA |
207-287-7545 |
Lawn and Garden Weeds |
Lois Stack |
UMCE |
207-581-2949 |
Human Health Pests |
Mosquitoes & Ticks |
Stephen Sears |
MCDC |
207-287-8016 |
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Chuck Lubelczyk |
MMC |
207-662-7142 |
Integrated Pest Management |
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UMaine Cooperative Extension |
Jim Dill |
UMCE |
207-581-3879 |
Maine Dept of Agriculture |
Kathy Murray |
MDA |
207-287-7616 |
Invasive Pests |
Insects |
Karen Coluzzi |
MDA |
207-287-7551 |
Fish species |
Russell Danner |
MDIFW |
207-287-2813 |
Aquatic Plants |
Paul Gregory |
MDEP |
207-287-6961 |
Terrestrial Plants |
Lois Stack |
UMCE |
207-581-2949 |
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Don Cameron |
MDC |
207-287-8041 |
Pest Quarantine Regulations |
Terry Bourgoin |
USDA |
207-848-5199 |
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Ann Gibbs |
MDA |
207-287-3891 |
Organic Pest Management |
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Eric Sideman |
MOFGA |
603-269-6201 |
Pesticide Issues |
Pesticide Poisoning |
For Emergency, call 911 first. |
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Northern New England Poison Control Center |
800-222-1222 |
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For Hearing impaired: TTY/TTD |
877-299-4447 |
Pesticide Use Complaint |
Raymond Connors |
MDA |
207-287-2731 |
Pesticide Toxicity |
Lebelle Hicks |
MDA |
207-287-2731 |
Poisonous Plants |
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Identification |
Lois Stack |
UMCE |
207-581-2949 |
Plant Poisoning |
For Emergency, call 911 first. |
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Northern New England Poison Control Center |
800-222-1222 |
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For Hearing impaired: TTY/TTD |
877-299-4447 |
Vertebrate and Wildlife Pests |
Contact your municipal animal control officer by calling the town office or the non-emergency number for your local police. |
Wildlife Services |
John Forbes |
USDA |
207-629-5181 |
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife |
For homeowner questions and problems with raccoons, deer, birds, coyotes, bears, bats, fox, or moose (especially when a game species is involved), call the nearest Maine Department of Inland Fisheries regional headquarters and ask to speak to a wildlife biologist or game warden. Each regional headquarters also has a list of wildlife rehabilitators for injured birds and small mammals. |
Region A: Gray |
657-2345 |
(Southern Maine south of the Androscoggin River ) |
Region B: Sidney |
547-5300 |
(North of the Androscoggin River and Augusta area) |
Region C: Jonesboro |
941-4440 |
(Bangor and Downeast) |
Region D: Strong |
778-3324 |
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Region E: Greenville |
695-3756 |
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Region F: Enfield |
732-4132 |
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Region G: Ashland |
435-3231 |
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Abbreviations Used |
MDA = Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources |
MFS = Maine Forest Service |
MDEP = Maine Department of Environmental Protection |
MCDC = Maine Center for Disease Control |
MDIFW = Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife |
MMC = Maine Medical Center |
MOFGA = Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association |
USDA = US Department of Agriculture |
UMCE = University of Maine Cooperative Extension |
