Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, spoke to the Maine Public Broadcasting Network for a report about how China’s rising middle class and Maine lobsters’ relatively low prices are creating a rise in American lobster sales in China. Although China buys lobsters from other countries, Bayer said the […]
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Huijie Xue, an oceanography professor at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Portland Press Herald article about Portland Harbor’s icy buildup and the problems it creates for sea travel. Portland is normally an ice-free port because the Gulf of Maine has strong tides, according to the article. Xue said the tides mix the […]
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The University of Maine’s Animal Health Laboratory was mentioned in the WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) report, “Maine moose numbers down, biologists tag and study population.” According to the report, there are nearly 60,000 moose in Maine, which is down from 75,000 three years ago. State biologists are monitoring the health of moose in order […]
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Neil Comins, a University of Maine professor of physics and astronomy, was a recent guest on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show, titled “The latest news from outside our planet,” focused on updates from NASA and beyond.
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing the 11th annual International Dance Festival Feb. 21 at the Collins Center for the Arts. The performances, which are free and open to the public, will take place at 2 and 7 p.m. The event will feature performances by dancers from more than a […]
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John Bear Mitchell, Wabanaki Center Outreach and Student Development Coordinator at the University of Maine and University of Maine System Native American Waiver Coordinator, was quoted in a Morning Sentinel article about Penobscot organizers who want Skowhegan schools to stop using the Indian image as a sports mascot. Representatives of the state’s Wabanaki — the […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release about the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s farming course for military veterans. “So You Want to Farm in Maine?” begins March 17, at University of Maine at Augusta. Extension educators Tori Jackson and Caragh Fitzgerald, along with other area experts will teach the course, which […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News reported about a dozen students from the University of Maine Woodsmen’s Team and Society of American Foresters Student Chapter volunteered their services for Maine’s newest wood bank in Belfast. At Maine Grilling Woods in Waldo, the students helped chop nine cords of firewood that was purchased through […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a University of Maine 4-H Science Saturday workshop at UMaine’s Climate Change Institute. About a dozen children in grades six through eight helped design a canister to keep ice core samples gleaned from the Peruvian Andes frozen and intact for research. “Kids were eager to give me a recommendation on […]
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Lois Berg Stack, an ornamental horticulture specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed for the latest column in the Portland Press Herald’s Maine Gardener series. The column, “Sure, grow your own flowers for nuptials, but have a Plan B,” included advice from Stack and other gardening experts. “Plants are going to do […]
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