The latest post of the Portland Press Herald blog “The Root: Dispatches from Maine’s food sources” focused on picking raspberries in Maine. The post linked to a “fun” video by University of Maine Cooperative Extension on how to preserve raspberries.
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State utilities regulators have reopened the bidding for an offshore wind project contract after lawmakers approved legislation backed by Gov. Paul LePage to let the University of Maine compete, according to an Associated Press report carried by NECN and WABI (Channel 5). Renewable Energy News also carried a report.
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The research of Professor of Mechanical Engineering Mick Peterson was cited in a recent BloodHorse.com story, “Beyond Scratching the Surface,” focusing on efforts by the horse racing industry to improve track safety for horses and jockeys. Peterson’s Racing Surfaces Testing Laboratory collects and analyzes data from race tracks nationwide in an effort to provide a […]
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In May, the “Grow It in Maine” column by Carol Howe in Downeast Coastal Press focused on the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Harvest for Hunger program and its benefits to the state.
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Hannah Breton Loring, a graduate student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UMaine, was interviewed by WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) about her research on and development of a more affordable bridge reinforcement system. Loring’s system consists of fiber-reinforced polymer composites that attach to the bottom of concrete beams to […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) and WVII (Channel 7) reported members of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will be offering free hands-on gardening advice this summer. UMaine Extension’s Penobscot County Master Gardeners will be on hand every Tuesday evening at the Rogers Farm Demonstration Garden in Old Town to answer questions for those who may have […]
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James Dill, pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke about whiteflies and the harm they bring crops in a Portland Press Herald article. Dill says whiteflies, which are not harmful to people, suck out plant juices, causing the leaves to yellow or die.
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Rick Wahle, a University of Maine research professor at Darling Marine Center, spoke about the possibility of green crabs negatively affecting Maine’s lobsters in a recent Forecaster article. Wahle said finding crabs in deeper water is a “disturbing development.”
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Ron Fournier, summer camp director of the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond, recently hosted an educational archery session with his wife Dee at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray. Fournier, who is also a 4-H-certified shooting sports safety instructor for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, told […]
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Sandy Butler, professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Maine, recently wrote the opinion piece “Maine needs more home care workers. Give them better pay, benefits” for the Bangor Daily News.
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