Maine Public Radio has posted online a recording of UMaine Prof. Paul Mayewski’s March talk, “Climate Change and the Role of Humans.” The statewide network broadcast the talk last Friday. Mayewski is director of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute.
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A Saturday front-page Bangor Daily News story described a Washington County-based UMaine bmblebee research project headed up by Prof. Frank Drummond. The project aims to help rebuild bee populations that have suffered recent declines. Researchers are studying the bees and working to develop pesticide protocols that will not harm them.
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Prof. Robert Rice of the UMaine School of Forest Resources provided comment for a Saturday Bangor Daily News story looking at current operations at the Old Town Fuel and Fiber Mill. The story points out that the mill is processing pulp at historically high levels, while also extracting byproducts and testing them in a biorefinery.
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Comments from UMaine Cooperative Extension food safety specialist Jason Bolton are included in a Lewiston Sun Journal story about Maine’s Good Shepherd Food Bank. As it turns 30 years old, Good Shepherd Food Bank is evolving in its work to meet the needs of Mainers. One possibility is an investment in food processing equipment for […]
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The June 26 Maine Sunday Telegram includes an opinion column, “Offshore wind has role in Maine’s future,” written by UMaine School of Economics Prof. Mario Teisl, in collaboration with his faculty colleagues Caroline Noblet, Shannon McCoy and Gary Hunt.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and bee specialist Frank Drummond was interviewed for an article in the Bangor Daily News about Maine’s recovering honey and bumble bee populations. Drummond discussed research he is doing in Jonesboro to determine how bees used to pollinate blueberry fields are affected by different pesticides. Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756
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The Bangor Daily News today featured the newest exhibits at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor, which include a national exhibit showcasing contemporary fine art photography. Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756
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A reporter for the online health magazine WebMD interviewed Mary Ellen Camire, professor of food science and human nutrition at UMaine, for an article in today’s edition about whether snacking is healthy. Camire says one person’s snack could be the same as a meal for another, depending on the snack. Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756
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The Lewiston Sun Journal reported on the installation of solar panels at UMaine Cooperative Extensions’s 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond. The panels were installed on the roof of the year-round Lakeside Classroom building at the camp, which seeks to strengthen children’s relationship to the natural world. More information about the camp can […]
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UMaine Cooperative Extension vegetable and small fruit Specialist David Handley was featured in a Bangor Daily News story about the impending strawberry season. Handley has been quoted this week in several news reports about this year’s crop, which he says should be strong, with good quality, size and number of berries. Handley also appears on […]
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