UMaine Cooperative Extension Agent to Receive
Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777, houtman@maine.edu
ORONO– Colin Stewart of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will receive an Achievement Award from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents at its 89th Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday, July 13. Stewart will be honored for his service to Maine’s greenhouse industry and his efforts to apply the principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
The award states that Stewart, a resident of Orono and native of Bowie, Maryland, “has effectively served the greenhouse industry with a new greenhouse IPM program. Colin was responsible for initiating and coordinating the statewide poinsettia, spring bedding plants and home IPM programs. He has established a Japanese beetle monitoring and management program for the town of Winterport. He has actively trained master gardeners and IPM scouts in basic entomology, beneficial insects, and IPM strategies.”
The award is given to the top one percent of Cooperative Extension county agents in the country with less than ten years of service. This year, fifty-six individuals from throughout the United States were presented the Achievement Award.
Stewart is the son of Bill and Eileen Stewart of Bowie.