Baxter State Park plant guide to be released Aug. 23

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

August 19, 2016 Outreach, Research

The University Club at Raymond H. Fogler Library will host a book launch at 7 p.m. Aug. 23 to mark the release of “The Plants of Baxter State Park.”

The event will feature a presentation from the book’s authors and organizers, and will be the first opportunity for the public to purchase the publication. The book launch is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

The extensively researched book presents scientific descriptions of 857 plant species throughout Baxter State Park. The descriptions are accompanied by more than 2,000 full-color photographs in addition to illustrated plant-family sections, an informative introduction, a glossary of botanical terms, and an extensive index of scientific and common plant names.

“The Plants of Baxter State Park” is the result of a five-year effort from authors Glen Mittelhauser, executive director for Maine Natural History Observatory; Jensen Bissell, Baxter State Park director; Don Cameron, botanist; Alison Dibble, an assistant research scientist at UMaine; Arthur Haines, research botanist; Jean Hoekwater, Baxter State Park naturalist; Marilee Lovit, researcher; and Aaron Megquier, executive director of Friends of Baxter State Park. Many botanist-photographers also contributed to the book.

The guide is published by the University of Maine Press in association with Baxter State Park, Friends of Baxter State Park and Maine Natural History Observatory.

More information is available by calling the University of Maine Press at 581.1652 or emailing betsy.rose@maine.edu.