Comments from Bill Livingston, UMaine associate professor of forest resources, were included in a WCSH TV news report about this year’s foliage. Livingston said the foliage is about a week late this year, and there is no way to predict the intensity of the coming winter from the intensity of color changes in the fall. […]

In a report on a push to locate a racino in Washington County, the Bangor Daily News mentioned a 2007 study by UMaine economist Todd Gabe who found a racino in the county could generate $12-$13 million a year in slot revenue alone, mostly from out-of-state or Canadian visitors. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

Bill Livingston, UMaine associate professor of forestry resources, was interviewed for a Portland Press Herald story about this fall’s late foliage season. Livingston said fall colors are brightest when there has been a string of cold nights, with temperatures in the low 40s or 30s, followed by sunny days. So far, this October has been […]

Are bigger fish better? That question is at the root of a collaborative research effort by scientists at the University of Maine and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI). The project will look at how changes in the sizes of fish in a given population influence overall health and ability to resist external pressures […]

For the nearly 9,000 Maine residents and more than a million nationwide undergoing cancer treatment, the resulting fatigue and exhaustion forces lifestyle changes, and choices, that can affect family and friends, in addition to patients themselves. Patients in treatment cannot continue doing what they are used to doing, or would like to do, and must […]