Kit Hamley, a graduate student at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, was a recent guest on Falkland Islands Television. She spoke about her research on an extinct species of fox called the warrah. Using field and laboratory techniques, Hamley hopes to learn how and when the animal arrived in the Falklands. “It’s been […]
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The Sun Journal reported on a University of Maine Cooperative Extension video going viral more than five years since it was posted online. “How to Look for and Avoid Bedbugs in Hotel or Motel Rooms,” which was posted on the UMaine YouTube channel in October 2010, recently was picked up by Lifehacker, a daily weblog […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension educators Lois Berg Stack, David Yarborough and Kathy Hopkins were quoted in the Ellsworth American article, “Plants well equipped to deal with wacky winter weather.” Some perennials in Maine have been flowering far earlier than they should, due to the warmer-than-average winter, according to the article. “It’s all about the […]
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A University of Maine Cooperative Extension video on bedbugs has gained international attention more than five years after it was posted online. The “Experts on Demand” video features Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with UMaine Extension, demonstrating “How to Look for and Avoid Bedbugs in Hotel or Motel Rooms.” In the video, Dill advises […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing the University of Maine Cooperative Extension has published a bulletin about creating new plants that covers seed production and storage, soil conditions, transplanting and dissemination by cuttings and divisions. “Plant Propagation in Maine” was edited and revised by David Sorensen, University of New Hampshire […]
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The Maine Sheep Breeders Association and University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer sheep shearing schools in March and April. Four instructors will teach beginner sheep shearing from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 5 at Wolfe’s Neck Farm, 184 Burnett Road, Freeport. The $45 per person fee includes a shearing manual and lunch. […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Kate Garland, a horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for the article, “From York to St. John Valley, winter can’t stop gardeners.” A growing number of Mainers are pushing the region’s gardening season to produce fresh vegetables year-round, according to the article. “People are certainly doing it,” […]
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A University of Maine Cooperative Extension bulletin was cited in a Bangor Daily News article about how to start healthy seedlings at home. The publication, “Starting Seeds at Home,” is full of good tips for gardeners, according to the article.
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The Falkland Island News Network carried a WLBZ (Channel 2) report about the University of Maine’s Follow a Researcher program. For a second year, the University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering the program that aims to connect K–12 students in Maine and around the country to UMaine researchers in the field. From Jan. […]
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Advice from Jason Bolton, a food safety specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was included in an answer to a Sun Journal reader’s question about what the dates on cans really mean. Bolton said there is no universally accepted food dating system in the United States, so some of the information printed on […]
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