Public Health Notices

Browntail Moth Populations

The Maine Forest Service conducts annual Browntail Moth surveys and in the last several years has seen a dramatic increase in the moth's population.

Aerial surveys last summer indicated damage from just-hatched caterpillars, particularly in Waldo, Knox, Kennebec, Cumberland, and Androscoggin Counties, that may indicate that populations are abundant enough to cause significant discomfort in a far broader area this summer.  

Please read the provided materials to learn more including what measures can be taken now to help reduce their population.

• Letter from Maine Forest Service
• Browntail Moth Brochure
• Browntail Moth Exposure Risk Map

For more information visit: https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mfs/forest_health/invasive_threats/browntail_moth_info.htm 

Animal Rabies in Area

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has recently identified a of a case of animal rabies in a fox in Windham.  If you have any questions, please contact Maine CDC, Division of Disease Surveillance at 1-800-821-5821.  If you see a stray domestic or wild animal acting strangely please reach out to our Animal Control Officer, Jacqueline Frye, at 892-2525.

• Local Rabies Notification
• Rabies in Maine flyer
• Rabies Stinks poster