The Wabanaki Basketmakers’ Plans to Save Maine’s Ash Trees
March 30, 2026
AUTHOR
Sydney Cromwell
PUBLISHER
Inside Climate News
The invasive emerald ash borer, native to northeast Asia, has spread to 37 states over the past quarter century, killing nearly all of the ash trees it infests. But in Maine, a coalition of basketmakers, scientists and government officials are plotting a future for their trees.
