Amy Witt, a home horticulturist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was cited in a Portland Press Herald story about the Portland Flower Show. The theme of the flower show is “Timeless Gardens” and organizers invited children and teenagers to write essays about how to make gardens timeless. Witt said nine students received cash […]
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Tom Atwell’s Maine Gardner column March 4 in the Portland Press Herald focused on the the Signs of the Seasons program, coordinated by University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant. The program that trains volunteers to monitor plant and animal species is led by UMaine Extension Climate change educator Esperanza Stancioff and Beth […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist Jim Dill was interviewed by Channel 7 (WVII) for a report on a new study that finds mosquitoes can become desensitized to commonly used repellents, including DEET.
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Dozens of Maine schoolteachers attending the 26th Expanding Your Horizons conference March 14 at the University of Maine will have two new learning opportunities added to the program this year. At 9 a.m. in 100 D.P. Corbett Business Building, they will gather for a Maine Girls Collaborative Project panel discussion about working with girls with […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed University of Maine Cooperative Extension Executive Director John Rebar for a report on Gov. Paul LePage’s proclamation designating Feb. 26 as 4-H Day in Maine. A ceremony celebrating the 100-year anniversary of 4-H, a program of UMaine Extension, took place in the Hall of Flags in the State House in Augusta.
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Reservations are still available for the 2013 Maine Vegetable and Fruit School March 12 at the Seasons Conference Center in Portland and March 13 at the Bangor Motor Inn. The conferences, from 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., are sponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Vegetable and Small Fruit Growers Association. A $35 […]
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An article coauthored by Esperanza Stancioff, a climate change educator for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant, about citizen scientists helping environmental researchers monitor the effects of climate change on plants and animals was published in the January 2013 issue of the Journal of Extension. The article is titled “Nature’s Notebook […]
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St. John Valley Times reported on the discovery through testing at the University of Maine Animal Health Laboratory of a tiny parasitic tapeworm that can exist in the lungs of moose and intestines of canines, both wild and domestic, which could expose humans to the parasite. Excessive lungworm presence can compromise the health of moose. […]
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Celebrating its 100-year anniversary in 2013, University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H continues to offer a series of activities that enrich the lives of more than 30,000 Maine children ages 5–18 throughout Maine each year with hands-on indoor and outdoor experiences. Here is a list of some of the 4-H programs offered in 2013 that […]
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Commercial production for new small grain markets will be the focus of the annual Maine Grain Conference March 1 in Bangor, sponsored by University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The conference will be held 8:30 a.m.–4:15 p.m., at the Spectacular Events Center, 395 Griffin Road. Speakers from Maine and Canada will discuss producing food-quality grains, with […]
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