The University of Maine is offering a variety of youth camps throughout the summer. Programs are held at both on- and off-campus locations and are available for a variety of ages. Camps focus on topics including music, sports, science, art, writing, engineering and outdoor skills. Information about specific camps is online.
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As summer approaches, many in Maine are spending more time outdoors. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension offers information and recommendations on a variety of topics including gardening, grilling safety and dealing with insects. UMaine Extension’s Publications Catalog includes the following bulletins: Barbecue and Tailgating Food Safety Food Safety for Camping and Hiking Ticks Lyme […]
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For many Mainers, ice-skating and snowmobiling weren’t part of last December’s holiday break. There was open water on lakes and green grass throughout much of the state as daytime high temperatures reached into the 50s. In fact, December 2015 through February 2016 — the meteorological winter — was the warmest or near warmest on record […]
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James Dill, pest management specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in a Portland Press Herald article titled “Leaf cover appears to help deer ticks survive winter, Maine researchers report.” The two-year study, led by researchers at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute “tick lab” explained that by overwintering beneath leaves, deer […]
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The Ellsworth American reported on the fifth annual Pam Harmon Arts Day at Sumner Memorial High School in Sullivan. The event, which was named in honor of an art teacher who passed away in 2011, expanded this year with dozens of hands-on workshops covering a variety of arts, including visual, performance, written, industrial, culinary and […]
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Linda Trickey, an agricultural assistant with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Why backyard chickens are a good step to food independence.” Keeping chickens for eggs is part of a surging interest in local farming and food, according to Trickey, who works with small-scale farmers and […]
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The Portland Press Herald published an article about Sara Rademaker, a graduate of Auburn University in Alabama with 12 years of farming and aquaculture experience. Rademaker has rented space from the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center (DMC) to develop an eel aquaculture system. Although she’s just starting her […]
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Mark Hutton, a vegetable specialist and professor of vegetable crops with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in the latest column in the Portland Press Herald “Maine Gardener” series, titled “Go into growing melons in Maine knowing they’re needy.” Because of Maine’s short growing season, gardeners should select melon varieties that mature quickly […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported Mark Hutton, a vegetable specialist and professor of vegetable crops with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will present “Growing Vegetables in Container Gardens” in Bar Harbor on Monday, June 13. From 4–5 p.m. at Garland Farm, Hutton will speak about the best varieties and practices for growing edible plants in […]
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Robert Wagner, the Henry W. Saunders Distinguished Professor in Forestry at the University of Maine and director of the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for Part II of the report, “The return of the spruce budworm.” Described as the most damaging forest insect in North America, the spruce budworm is already […]
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