Ep 96: The Maine 6

This week we look at Maine's 6 dogs who might just end up on the front lines to save nearly every industry that gives Maine the name, "Vacationland. "

Resources:

Leeroy Jenkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLyOj_QD4a4

https://bewilderbeastspod.podcastpage.io/episode/ep-67-doom-bloom

https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-honors-young-scientist-who-was-subject-of-police-complaint/

https://twitter.com/YaleSPH/status/1617630181166047232

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/pests-diseases/hungry-pests/the-threat/spotted-lanternfly/spotted-lanternfly#:~:text=Spotted%20lanternfly%20populations%20are%20currently,%2C%20Virginia%2C%20and%20West%20Virginia.

https://www.wlvt.org/blogs/northampton/how-dogs-are-being-trained-to-help-fight-off-spotted-lanternfly/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/inside-the-race-to-kill-the-spotted-lanternfly?loggedin=true&rnd=1705186972691

https://www.newthinking.com/sustainability/stomping-the-unstoppable-combatting-the-spotted-lanternfly

https://centraljersey.com/2021/09/01/bordentown-city-residents-take-part-in-lanternfly-murder-pub-crawl/

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/whats-so-bad-about-the-spotted-lanternfly.html

https://centraljersey.com/2021/09/01/bordentown-city-residents-take-part-in-lanternfly-murder-pub-crawl/

https://6abc.com/bobbi-wilson-lanternflies-yale-invasive-species/12773431/

Project Citizen Lantern Fly: The video Melissa and her teams watched that introduced them to the SLF project.

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Interstitial Music: MK2

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Your host, Melissa McCue-McGrath is an author, dog trainer, and behavior consultant in Southern Maine. She'll talk about dogs all day if you let her. You've been warned :)