The Daily Record quoted Jim Dill, pest management specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about bed bugs in hotel rooms. “Most people, when they enter a hotel room, the first thing they do is throw their stuff on the bed, the luggage rack or maybe even both. When you are [traveling] in this day […]
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Morning Ag Clips reported that University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator Kathy Savoie was recently honored with the Association of Northeast Extension Directors’ 2023 Exceptional Local Educator Award. Savoie received the award for the program “Building Agricultural Literacy through an Immersive Culinary Art Experience.” To learn more or connect with the program, visit the UMaine […]
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Registration is open for the online University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Business Planning for Producers course, which begins Oct. 5. Held 5-7 p.m. every Thursday through Dec. 14, the 10-week online course is designed for Mainers looking to start a land- or sea-based business and learn about the core concepts of business operations, finance, management […]
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In reporting about wet summer conditions and whether they will continue into the fall and winter, the Sun Journal interviewed Sean Birkel, Maine state climatologist and assistant professor with a joint appointment in University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the UMaine Climate Change Institute. “We’re seeing more extremes as the climate warms. So, in terms […]
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WABI-TV (CBS 5 in Bangor) featured the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s field day at Rogers Farm. ”All the kids are loving it, the shaved ice seems to be the most popular, but they’re really enjoying making some bouquets for themselves, and doing a lot of botanical art, and then we have a graffiti wall. […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke to Jim Dill, pest management specialty at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, about eastern acorn weevils. “That big long beak with the mouth parts at the end is pretty distinctive. It’s such a funky mouth part,” Dill said.
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The Bangor Daily News shared that registration is now open for two new University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H Science Fridays — Fish Prints and Aquariums and Eclipse Investigations — in the O’Brien House at the University of Maine at Machias, 116 O’Brien Avenue. For more information and to sign up, visit the program webpage.
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The Bangor Daily News spoke to Jim Dill, pest management specialist at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, and Dana Hill, director of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory at UMaine, about the impact of human and animal urine on plants. “The idea behind it is that [human] urine does contain some level of ammonia and that is […]
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Granite Geek reported that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab will participate in a project led by the University of New Hampshire to establish baseline data on where different ticks are found, their numbers and what pathogens they may carry across diverse vertebrate hosts.
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The Sun Journal highlighted that University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with Morning Glory Farm in Bethel, plan to offer an on-farm program from 4-6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 15. Visit the Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District website for more information.
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