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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The Bangor Daily News, Morning Ag Clips, Centralmaine.com, the Sun Journal, the Advertiser Democrat, the Livermore Falls Advertiser, the Penobscot Bay Pilot and the Daily Bulldog advanced the annual “Vegetable and Fruit School,” sponsored by University of Maine Cooperative Extension, hosted from noon–2 p.m. March 31 and April 1. More information about the event is online.
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The Bangor Daily News promoted resources developed by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension to help individuals tap maple trees and produce and sell maple syrup.
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Centralmaine.com, the Sun Journal and Turner Publishing reported that the Merrymeeting Chapter of Maine Audubon will offer summer scholarships for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H camps at Tanglewood and Bryant Pond. More information, including eligibility guidelines, is online.
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Jason Lilley, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension sustainable agriculture professional, about Maine Maple Sunday on March 28. Lilley is encouraging the public to support the state’s maple industry by visiting local producers who will be implementing new guidelines to ensure public safety during the open house event.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about caring for fruit trees 6–7 p.m. March 24. “Protecting Fruit Trees from Insects and Diseases” features UMaine Extension integrated pest management associate scientist Glen Koehler and UNH Extension fruit and vegetable production field specialist George […]
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