The Center for Research on Sustainable Forests (CRSF) and Forest Stewards Guild hosted the third installment in their Maine Forest Climate Change webinar series. Over 80 attendees joined the Feb. 23 webinar about Maine’s coastal spruce-fir forest and biohabitat corridors, while 15 individuals participated in the associated field tour on Feb. 24. The webinar recording […]
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The University of Maine Outdoor Leadership program and Career Center are sponsoring a job fair and panel discussions for students interested in careers in the outdoors on Tuesday, March 1 at the Memorial Union. Maine’s outdoor industries generate about $3 billion in economic activity, according to the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis. Created in 2019, UMaine’s […]
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In an article about Orono trying to take advantage of a short window to make a dent in the browntail moths’ population before the caterpillars start coming out of their nests as the weather warms, the Bangor Daily News cited newly published research by a team from the University of Maine and the state Department […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Associated Press and New York Post reported about University of Maine research that shows browntail moth outbreaks will worsen with warming weather. Eleanor Groden, a UMaine professor emerita of entomology and the principal investigator on the study, said, “These are important studies, as our current warming climate trends suggest that we […]
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CentralMaine.com shared information about Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine talks on how the Island Institute collaborates with coastal communities to build resilience, 3 p.m. Feb. 28. Learn more on the program webpage.
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News Center Maine reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab’s 2021 Surveillance Program data. The report featured Griffin Dill, the Tick Lab coordinator, who said that editing genes in ticks “really kind of opens up new avenues for research on their physiology and [the] way they interact with the pathogens they become infected […]
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Editor’s note: This story was updated on Feb. 23, 2022. Over the past few years, browntail moth caterpilllars have been an itchy scourge to Maine’s residents and visitors. New research shows that with climate change, the problem is only going to get worse. The browntail moth is an invasive pest that feeds on the foliage of a […]
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News Center Maine and the Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine’s Process Development Center has a new machine that takes pulp and makes paper plates, bowls and cups. The goal is to eliminate plastics and instead use paper products that serve the same purposes. The machine is the first of its kind at […]
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Partnership with Kiefel brings state-of-the-art fiber thermoforming machine to Orono The University of Maine Process Development Center (PDC), long recognized for its expertise in processing fiber for pulp and paper applications, is now home to new equipment that will advance renewable packaging research significantly for Maine’s forest products industry. Kiefel — an international leader in […]
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Z107.3 and Q106.5 featured browntail moth research from the University of Maine in a report about statewide efforts to curtail the pest population. The article cited a pilot study by Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology at the University of Maine, and graduate student Sadia Crosby to determine if pheromones could be the key […]
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