Cooperative Extension

Media share UMaine outdoor leadership program for high school students

The Bangor Daily News and Daily Bulldog shared that the University of Maine Early College Program, in partnership with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will offer a four-credit summer program in outdoor leadership for high school students at the 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Greenland Point. More information about the outdoor leadership program is […]

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Media share UMaine Extension workshop on Christmas tree pests

The Bangor Daily News, Daily Bulldog, Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com shared that the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host Integrated Pest Management in Christmas Tree Production from 5–7 p.m on Tuesday, June 27 at Gooley’s Christmas Tree Farm, 263 Cowen Road in Farmington. This is a free workshop and registration is not required. For more information, visit […]

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UMaine offering summer outdoor leadership program for high school students

The University of Maine Early College Program, in partnership with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will offer a four-credit summer program in outdoor leadership for high school students at the 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Greenland Point in Princeton, Maine. The 10-day intensive program will run August 7–16. Students will learn foundational knowledge and […]

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UMaine Extension offers workshop on pests in Christmas tree production

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host Integrated Pest Management in Christmas Tree Production at Gooley’s Christmas Tree Farm, 263 Cowen Road in Farmington on Tuesday, June 27 from 5–7 p.m. Brett Johnson and Nick Rowley, UMaine Extension sustainable agriculture and horticulture professionals, will present the workshop, which will focus on a systematic approach […]

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Rowley speaks to BDN about compost

The Bangor Daily News interviewed Nicholas Rowley, sustainable agriculture and horticulture professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension and staff member of the Maine Compost School, about what to do if non-compostable materials like glass or plastic end up in a compost pile.  “For the most part it’s nothing to be concerned about. … Mistakes […]

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Media feature UMaine Extension 4-H Tick Project

News Center Maine, Bangor Daily News, Morning Ag Clips, the Advertiser Democrat and the Daily Bulldog featured University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Tick Project, a community science program open to K–12 students to learn about the life cycle of ticks, habitats, species, the pathogens they transmit and how tick migration is tied to climate […]

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Media share UMaine Extension tomato seedling program

Morning Ag Clips, The Piscataquis Observer and the Fiddlehead Focus shared that University of Maine Cooperative Extension will be giving away tomato seedlings at various locations in Piscataquis County from May 30–June 7 as part of the One Tomato project. The UMaine Extension Piscataquis County Executive Committee adopted the One Tomato project in 2014 and […]

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UMaine Extension donating tomato seedlings in Piscataquis County

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will be giving away tomato seedlings at various locations in Piscataquis County from May 30–June 7. Distribution sites will include Dover-Foxcroft, Greenville, Monson, Guilford and Milo. For a full list of locations, dates and times, visit the One Tomato website or follow Piscataquis County Extension on Facebook. To encourage more […]

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