In eastern Maine, landings of soft-shell clams have been in steady decline for nearly three decades. Despite the $12.25 million clam harvest in Maine in 2007, the fishery is but a shadow of its former self when compared to highs in the past century. Particularly hard-hit is Washington County, once the state’s largest source of […]
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Mary Ellen Camire of the UMaine food science and human nutrition faculty is the lead resource in an MSNBC online story about the value of certain dietary supplements, including vitamins A,B,C and D.
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Research into the effects of arsenic on mast cells, which help regulate the body’s immune system, being done by UMaine biochemist Julie Gosse and a team of student researchers, was the subject of a U.S. News and World Report story.
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Mary Ellen Camire of the UMaine food science and human nutrition faculty was the lead resource for a Thursday WLBZ televison story about government oversight of the dietary supplement industry. The story was based on a Consumer Reports investigation of that subject.
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Contact: William Livingston, 581-2990; Dave Struble, 287-4981 ORONO — In support of Gov. John Baldacci’s recent proclamation of August as Asian Longhorn Beetle Awareness Month, University of Maine forest resources professor William Livingston and Maine State Entomologist Dave Struble are reminding Maine outdoors enthusiasts about the danger of bringing firewood into the state. “Maine’s forests […]
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Contact: Darren Ranco, (207) 581-1801, William Livingston, (207) 581-2990; Robert Lilieholm, (207) 581-2896 ORONO. Maine — The emerald ash borer, which already has devastated ash tree populations in states like Michigan and Ohio, and is now found in New York and the province of Quebec, is threatening Maine’s ash and thousands of forest-related jobs, including […]
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Contact: Cathy Billings, University of Maine Lobster Institute (207) 581-2751 or (207) 949-2028 (cell) Please note: photos are available upon request SEAL HARBOR — The town of Mt. Desert will be the first to use a unique mooring system that creates a habitat for lobsters and other marine life. The harbormaster, Shawn Murphy, will accept […]
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Contact: Rebecca Holberton, (207) 581-2526 ORONO, Maine — Even though the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico isn’t likely to directly affect Maine coastal habitats and wildlife, it likely will affect some of the birds that are iconic in Maine, including the common loon, many of the state’s shore birds and some of its […]
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Editors’ note: fire ant infestations are being studied in Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and on Mount Desert Island and Orono and Wayne in Maine Contacts: Ellie Groden, (207) 581-2984; Tamara Levitsky, (207) 581-2679 ORONO, Maine — Researchers from the University of Maine are working on solutions to the rapid population growth of invasive stinging fire […]
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