Cooperative Extension

Sunset over a the snowy Maine coast.

2015 warmest year, on average, across Northern Hemisphere

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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Dill quoted in Press Herald article on deer ticks

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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BDN interviews Trickey for article on backyard chickens

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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Hutton quoted in Press Herald ‘Maine Gardener’ column about growing melons

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 advances Hutton’s Bar Harbor container garden presentation

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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WVII interviews Wagner for second installment of spruce budworm report

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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Wagner, Dill featured in WVII report on coming spruce budworm outbreak

Robert Wagner, the Henry W. Saunders Distinguished Professor in Forestry at the University of Maine and director of the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit; and Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension; spoke with WVII (Channel 7) for Part I of the report, “The return of the spruce budworm.” During […]

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