The Bangor Daily News talked with Kate Garland, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension horticulture specialist, about starting seeds indoors. Garland noted that heat mats and grow lights can help gardeners get a jump on the season.
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The Bangor Daily News, the Sun Journal, the Daily Bulldog, The Piscataquis Observer, Morning Ag Clips, The Rangeley Highlander, The Irregular and the Boothbay Register promoted “Fiddleheads: A Spring Tradition,” at 6 p.m. April 14. More information about the event, which is sponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the University of New Hampshire Extension, is online.
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Applications are due April 4 for the weekly University of Maine Cooperative Extension farm tractor safety classes, which will be offered online from 6–7 p.m. April 14 through May 5. In-person tractor-driving practice is set for May 1 and 8, with a May 15 rain date, at two locations — Gorham Public Works, 80 Huston […]
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At the University of Maine, 26 faculty members have received tenure and/or promotion this spring. This annual announcement is an important opportunity to recognize faculty members’ outstanding achievements and contributions in teaching, scholarship and research, and community engagement, says UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy. “We congratulate them for their leadership, innovation, and focus on putting students […]
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The University of Maine System Rural Health and Well-being Grand Challenge Initiative’s Injury Prevention Collaborative recently held a seed grant competition for UMS researchers. The program is coordinated by Marcella Sorg and Jamie Wren at the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, with assistance from UMaine’s Office of Research Development. The UMS Injury […]
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Griffin Dill, University of Maine Cooperative Extension tick lab coordinator, spoke with WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), about a 50% drop in Lyme Disease cases between 2019 and 2020. “We saw that perfect storm of people spending more time outdoors, ticks being heavily active, but as the summer months wore on and drier conditions became […]
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The Bennington Banner and Times Argus promoted the University of Vermont Extension education series, “Learn to Grow Vegetables,” which features 10 short videos produced by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. More information about the series is online.
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Anne Lichtenwalner, director of the University of Maine Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about caring for newborn livestock rejected by their mother.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will hold its annual Vegetable and Fruit School online from noon–2 p.m March 31 and April 1. Topics include new and emerging pest problems, bird management in corn, effective cultivation practices, irrigation strategies for diversified farms and fertigation for high tunnels. Presenters include experts from UMaine Extension, University of Maine, […]
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Griffin Dill, manager of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Tick Lab, spoke with the Bangor Daily News and the Portland Press Herald about tick behaviors, warning that deer ticks generally become active when the temperature rises above freezing. According to Dill, last year’s drought conditions did not appear to negatively impact adult tick numbers, which seem normal […]
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