The Republican Journal, Penobscot Bay Pilot and Bangor Daily News noted that the Belfast Garden Club will kick off its 2023 speaker series on Jan. 17 with a free talk on pollinator-friendly gardens by Kate Garland, a horticulturist with University of Maine Extension Service. The one-hour public program will be held at the Belfast Free […]
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News Center Maine and WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) reported on the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab receiving $6.2 million in one-time federal spending as part of the omnibus spending bill approved by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden in December. The funding, which was part of a $53 million package of […]
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Stephanie Shea spoke with the Bangor Daily News about a study she led as a University of Maine Ph.D. student to determine the prevalence of Lymphoproliferative virus (LPDV) among Maine wild turkeys and the factors that can influence their chance of infection. All of the turkeys that tested positive for the virus during the study […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot promoted a professional development program for facilitation skills offered by the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast from 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. on May 5, 19 and June 2. More information about the program can be found online.
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Griffin Dill, manager of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about how warming temperatures have allowed ticks to stay active during the winter months in recent years. “With recent years and these warm winters, it’s not unprecedented by any means to be seeing tick activity now,” he […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot, Bangor Daily News and CentralMaine.com highlighted the 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration, co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area Branch NAACP and the University of Maine Division of Student Life. The breakfast celebration will be held at 8:30 on Monday, Jan. 16, in the Wells Conference Center. Registration can […]
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In an article about Caribou’s first snowmobile festival and its prospective economic impact, the Bangor Daily News cited a 2020 University of Maine study titled “The Economic Contribution of Snowmobiling in Maine.”
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The Portland Press Herald and News Center Maine reported that the University of Maine plans to open a research center this year to test for harmful forever chemicals and guide the science needed to help Maine farmers dealing with contaminated wells, herds and fields.“Maine is leading the way on PFAS, but there is so much […]
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The Fish Site noted that Ian Bricknell, professor of aquaculture biology at the University of Maine, is the co-editor of a new book about sea lice biology and control.
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The Portland Press Herald reported that the University of Maine will receive $6.2 million in federal funding to research ways to control tick populations, identify emerging tick species and expand public health efforts as Lyme disease cases have reached record-high levels in Maine. Griffin Dill, director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Tick Lab, […]
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