UMaine News

University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Barbara Murphy, consumer horticulture specialist, and Lois Berg Stack, ornamental horticulture specialist, were interviewed for the latest article in the Portland Press Herald’s Maine Gardener series. Murphy and Stack spoke about fungal diseases in plants caused by heavy rain and gave advice on how to care for plants despite the […]

James Dill, pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke to WLBZ (Channel 2) about fruit flies and the damage they cause crops. Dill said the flies are attracted to all ripening berries and the only thing he can recommend to combat them are sprays such as synthetic pesticides.

Keri Kaczor, of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and coordinator of the Maine Healthy Beaches Program, spoke with SeacoastOnline about the health of Maine’s beaches after the water quality at the state’s beaches received low marks in a report from the Natural Resources Defense Council. Kaczor spoke about testing for bacteria in water and […]

A bulletin from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension was cited in the latest column in the Portland Press Herald Maine Gardener series. The article focused on the swallowwort, an invasive plant from Europe that is harming vegetation on Marginal Way in Ogunquit, and included the Cooperative Extension’s description of the plant.

Keri Kaczor, of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and coordinator of the Maine Healthy Beaches Program, spoke with the Scarborough Leader about the health of beaches in the Scarborough area after the state’s beaches received low marks.