The Portland Press Herald reported the recent cold temperatures in Maine could tamp down insect populations that threaten backyard landscapes and woodlands, according to entomologists and tree experts. Jim Dill, a pest management specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, said the devastating winter moth and hemlock woolly adelgid — and possibly the browntail […]
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The Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5), Bangor Daily News, Mainebiz, 101.9 The Rock and The Associated Press reported the University of Maine System announced at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show that it already has surpassed the goal it set to source 20 percent of its food from local growers and producers by 2020. The […]
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Morning Sentinel reported on a panel discussion at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show that focused on farming in a new weather reality. Five Maine farmers spoke about how changing weather patterns have prompted them to adapt their farming strategies, according to the article. The forum was organized by the Maine Climate and Agriculture Network and […]
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Rick Kersbergen, a sustainable dairy and forage systems expert with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was mentioned in the Bates College news article, “Crop advisers can influence farmers to adopt conservation practices.” A recently published study led by a visiting assistant professor of environmental studies at Bates determined crop advisers may be potential influencers […]
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VillageSoup previewed an upcoming talk by Esperanza Stancioff, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant climate change educator, in an article about the Jan. 4 blizzard that caused near-record tides along the Midcoast. Stancioff is scheduled to speak at 6:30 p.m Jan. 11 at the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Visitor […]
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The Free Press reported on the conservation legacy left behind by Leslie Colin Hyde, who passed away Dec. 25. Hyde, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator, helped create many successful nature education and land conservation projects, including the Georges River Land Trust and UMaine Extension Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center in Lincolnville, according […]
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Seacoast Online reported University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine State Beekeepers Association have opened registration for a five-week Winter Beginner Bee School. The classes will be be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 22 through March 22 at Anderson Learning Center in Springvale, according to the article. Instructor Larry Peiffer, master […]
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Griffin Dill, an integrated pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “‘Bone-chilling’ weather unlikely to kill off ticks before spring, researchers say.” Experts agree that it’s unlikely sub-zero temperatures and blizzards will cause any significant decline in Maine’s tick population, according to the […]
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Tori Jackson, an associate professor of agriculture and natural resources with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News preview of the annual Maine Agricultural Trades Show. The event runs Jan. 9–11 at the Augusta Civic Center and will feature displays of equipment, lectures, training sessions and discussions, as well […]
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Leslie Colin Hyde, who helped establish the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center, passed away Dec. 25. Hyde, who worked for UMaine Extension in Rockland, believed the future of conservation depends on the education of youth, according to his obituary. Most of Hyde’s focus was directed toward offering affordable camp […]
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