The Falmouth Forecaster newspaper website has a photo of Maine Department of Transportation workers on Monday posting signs directing travelers on Interstate 295 to UMaine’s new Regional Learning Center at Tidewater Farm in Falmouth. The center, which is scheduled to open the first week of May with a grand opening on May 14, will include […]
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An article in the April 2011 edition of Portland Monthly magazine about the economic outlook for the coming cruise ship season cites research by UMaine economists Todd Gabe of the School of Economics and Jim McConnon, a Cooperative Extension specialist and professor of economics, that estimated typical spending ranges by visiting cruise line passengers.
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UMaine Cooperative Extension was one of the hosts of the Second Annual Washington County 4-H Robotics Expo, held at ine-Machias, according to a Bangor Daily News story. Twenty teams of Washington County children in grades 5-8 competed in the event.
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The Portland Press Herald has a story about “Signs of the Seasons: A Maine Phenology Project,” a Maine Sea Grant and UMaine Cooperative Extension initiative. The project asks volunteers across the state to help track and document the effects of climate change on common plants and animals.
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Comments from Lois Berg Stack of UMaine Cooperative Extension are included in a Portland Press Herald column detailing steps that one can take now to prepare for spring gardening. Stack and other experts provide a series of practical tips in the column.
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In a Portland Press Herald story about a United Nations report on a global push toward small, diversified and sustainable farming, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Director John Rebar commented on the decline in funding of university extension programs. The report advocated for policymakers to fund and support farmer-to-farmer knowledge sharing and the nationwide network […]
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Contact: Catherine Schmitt (catherine.schmitt@umit.maine.edu) Joe Carr (joe.carr@umit.maine.edu) ORONO — Spring is the season of firsts: first robin on the lawn, first blush of maples flowering in the swamps, first fragrant lilac bloom. Across Maine, many people enjoy watching the seasons as they unfold. Now, those observations can contribute to scientific studies through a new program […]
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The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, S.D., has a story about tapping maple trees for sap to be turned into maple syrup. The story included a tip from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension website that only trees at least 10 inches in diameter should be tapped. More tips can be seen here on the […]
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An article about UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Kids Can Grow experimental youth gardening program in York Country was on the website of Foster’s Daily Democrat newspaper in New Hampshire. The Kids Can Grow program teaches children ages 7-12 how to grown their own vegetables, flowers and herbs. UMaine Extension Professor Frank Wertheim says in the article […]
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Comments from Jim Dill of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty were included in a Friday Channel 5 story about a Friday Orono forum about bedbugs. Dill and other experts — including those form the hospitality and healthcare sectors — provided information about dealing with the pests.
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