News - Ash Protection Collaboration Across Waponahkik

Storymap Created for Carlton Pond Black Ash Management

Tyler Everett (APCAW) and Gunnar Martin (Greater Augusta Utility District) recently created a storymap about the research they are conducting at the site. The research will compare regeneration in three unique management zones, including a 9-meter-wide strip-clearing treatment area, a 6-meter-wide strip-clearing treatment area, and a control zone where no treatment has occurred. New seedlings […]

Conference attendees were welcomed with traditional Abenaki songs to open the meeting.

Highlights from the 2025 Black Ash and Basketry Gathering

Coming Together for Black Ash and Basketry Traditions In late October, members of the Ash Protection Collaboration Across Waponahkik (APCAW) attended the Inter-Nation Gathering on the Future of Black Ash and Basketry in the Abenaki community of Odanak, Québec. The event united Indigenous and non-Indigenous experts, basket makers, community leaders, and researchers to discuss efforts […]

Preserving Ash, Protecting Traditions event in Orland, Maine

APCAW recently partnered with Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust, Downeast Audubon, Native Gardens of Blue Hill, and Maine Tree Farm to develop an event for landowners, city and town employees, conservation organizations and their volunteers, foresters, and citizen scientists to learn about the status of emerald ash borer and actions that can be taken to […]

Action for Ash Day

On July 22nd, APCAW, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, and the Monitoring and Managing Ash (MaMA) program of the Ecosystem Research Institute organized a full day of activities to learn about community science data collection projects for ash trees. Our goal was to train participants to feel confident in their ash ID, ash gender classifications, […]

Tyler Everett Presents for Yale on Forest Health Concerns for Tribal Forestry in the Northeast

Read the summary of his presentation on page 27 of this report and access the recording.

APCAW Name Change Notice

APCAW changing lab name spelling to “Waponahkik” from “Wabanakik” During the community review process for an emerging mapping project, we heard questions from language speakers, community members, and a Tribal historic preservation officer who asked us why we chose to use the spelling “Wabanakik” to refer to the land of the dawn. We didn’t have […]

APCAW and Wild Seed Project featured in The Times Record

Tyler Everett and Ella McDonald were featured in a recent article by Laura Sitterly about Native Seed Collection, along with our partner Emily Baisden at Wild Seed Project. Read the article here!

Maine Forest Service now issuing movement permits for transport of brown ash wood for basketmaking across quarantine boundaries

As of October 2024, Maine Forest Service recorded new satellite detections in Aroostook County and changed Maine’s EAB quarantine boundaries to now include parts of land stewarded by Mi’kmaq Nation. For basket makers needing to move a limited number of brown ash logs outside of Maine’s EAB quarantine area, a limited use permit can be […]

Portland Press Herald covers efforts to protect ash trees

Read the article here.

APCAW Hosts Future of Brown Ash Conference at 91��

On October 8th and 9th, 2024, APCAW hosted over 20 speakers and panelists from Tribal Nations, Universities, Federal and State agencies, and nonprofit partners to present to a hybrid audience of over 200 people about hope and challenges surrounding brown ash protection. While the first day focused on the scientific predictions of the impact of […]