Wild oysters have returned to Maine after nearing extinction almost 100 years ago. Professor Heather Leslie, a marine conservation scientist, spoke with Civil Eats to explain what might be happening to cause the growth in their presence.
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WBUR (Boston’s NPR affiliate), WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WFVX (Channel 7 in Bangor) interviewed Mark Brewer, professor and chair of the University of Maine Department of Political Science, on the race to become Maine’s next U.S. senator.
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Michael Socolow, University of Maine professor of communication and journalism, provided commentary to NPR for their report on the relationship between agriculture and broadcasting. Socolow explained how the election of President Warren G. Harding in 1920 began a rise in radio broadcasting and the events that led to it taking over the media.
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Mainebiz.com reported the audiobook launch event for “Sea Run: A Study Regarding the Impact of Maine Policies on the Quality and Quantity of Traditional Tribal Fish Stocks and Sustenance Practices,” based on the same name of a a report co-authored by Anthony Sutton, University of Maine assistant professor of Native American food systems and citizen […]
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Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education leadership and director of the Hazing Prevention Lab at the University of Maine, interviewed with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution following hazing investigations at the University of Georgia, Atlanta. Despite reports to authorities from anonymous tipsters, no one admitted to being hazed or participating in hazing. Allan said this behavior in […]
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In an episode of “Maine Calling,” a radio show produced by Maine Public, Susanne Lee, faculty fellow with the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions discussed the issue of food availability and pantries with various heads of food pantries in the state.
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Bangor Daily News interviewed Colt Knight, University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor and livestock educator, on a trend growing in popularity among Mainers to dispatch and butcher their own animals. “Home butcher appointments remain hard to get and homesteaders’ do-it-yourself ethos continues to grow,” Knight said.
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Stakeholders in Maine’s farmed scallop industry are planning to visit Japan to meet growers, harvesters, processors and others who can help diversify Maine’s coastal economy. Mainebiz cited a University of Maine report, which stated much of U.S. scallop farming techniques come from Japan. “We have learned so much over the years about scallop farming from […]
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University of Maine professor of pomology Renae Moran provided insight to CentralMaine.com and the Bangor Daily News on how this season’s drought has impacted apple orchards across the state. “Trees are very resilient, and they have a way of producing apples every year,” said Moran, who is also a University of Maine Cooperative Extension tree […]
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Shawn Laatsch, director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine, spoke with the New Hampshire PBS program “Windows of the Wild” about the Appalachian Mountain Club’s See The Dark festival and the importance of preserving Maine’s access to a starry sky.
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