The Bridgton News reported community fundraising efforts are underway to launch the Magic Lantern 4-H Innovation Lab and Learning Center in Bridgton. The $4 million campaign will purchase the Magic Lantern theater and expand the community engagement it offers with the development of an innovation lab and learning center for youth, the article states. The […]
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Ivan Fernandez, Distinguished Maine Professor in the Climate Change Institute and School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, discussed the future of Maine’s climate on Maine Public. Fernandez, one of the authors of the report “Maine’s Climate Future,” predicts climate change will mean hot summers, warm winters, more rain and less snow, along […]
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Morning Sentinel and News Center Maine adapted a University of Maine news release reporting Skowhegan natives E. James “Jim” Ferland and Eileen P. Ferland have been revealed as the anonymous donors who gave $10 million to help build the new Engineering Education and Design Center at UMaine. The new facility, to be named in honor […]
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Brian Beal, professor of marine ecology and director of the Marine Science Field Station at the University of Maine at Machias, was quoted in the Portland Press Herald article “Vulnerable waters off the coast of Maine.” Since the record-breaking heat wave of 2012–2013, the Gulf of Maine has continued to warm, seeing its second and […]
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Lisa Fishman, regional supervisor and nutrition education professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News article “Canning tomatoes like your grandmother did isn’t a good idea.” Tomatoes today are less acidic than tomatoes 50 or 60 years ago, so older canning recipes may no longer yield food that is […]
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Frank Drummond, a professor of insect ecology and insect pest management at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Associated Press article, “Pesticide criticized in bee deaths could also kill birds.” Researchers with the University of Saskatchewan studying a widely used pesticide said even small doses of the chemical can have crippling health effects […]
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Bridie McGreavy, assistant professor of environmental communication at the University of Maine and faculty fellow in the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions; and Brian Beal, professor of marine ecology and director of the Marine Science Field Station at the University of Maine at Machias, were recent guests on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling.” […]
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The Franklin Journal reported on a workshop offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Maine Grass Farmers Network, and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. About a dozen farmers gathered at Hardy Farm in Farmington to learn about the effect grazing has on soil health, and ways to improve and maintain it, the […]
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Information from the University of Maine and Maine Sea Grant was included in a Mount Desert Islander editorial on rising sea levels and climate change. Tide-gauge records in Portland showed a sea-level rise of 0.07 inches per year between 1912 and 2008. Mean sea level in Bar Harbor was up 0.12 inches per year between […]
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The Associated Press, Mainebiz, Portland Press Herald, Undercurrent News and VillageSoup reported the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Sea Grant College Program has awarded $2 million to support lobster research. The grant is spread out among seven awards, four of which will help research performed by institutions based in Maine. Two projects will be […]
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