Pine Tree Watch spoke with Frank Drummond, a professor of insect ecology and insect pest management at the University of Maine, for an article about landscaping with a focus on ecological health rather than pristine appearance to protect species in danger of extinction. Insects — one group that faces population decline — support birds, bats […]
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A Bangor Daily News article cited a January 2019 study by the Maine Brewers’ Guild and Andrew Crawley, an assistant professor in the University of Maine School of Economics. The article focused on a new economic impact study of Maine’s beer industry, commissioned by the National Beer Wholesalers Association and the Beer Institute, that found […]
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Mount Desert Islander and The Ellsworth American previewed a talk by Lauren Ross, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine, at 4:10 p.m. June 4 at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor. Ross will discuss the dynamics of Trenton’s Jordan River Estuary, according to the article. The free […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported the University of Maine hosted the Maine Department of Education’s annual Maine Learning Through Technology Initiative (MLTI) Student Conference on May 23. About 1,200 elementary and middle school students attended the conference, according to the reports.
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News Center Maine quoted Rick Wahle, director of the University of Maine Lobster Institute, in an article on the effects of climate change in Maine. Data from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute shows that temperatures in the Gulf have warmed about 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit since 1982, according to the article. Andrew Pershing, chief scientific […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Clay Kirby, an associate scientist and insect diagnostician with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about carpet beetles. “They are a scavenger. They will get into your stored food products, furniture or clothing and that can make them difficult to manage,” said Kirby, who added the beetles can […]
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Phys.org published a University of Maine news release about research by Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie, a UMaine postdoctoral researcher, showing that areas across the Northeast have lost an average of one-fourth of their local plant biodiversity in the last 50 to 150 years. McDonough MacKenzie and her research team compared 19th century botanical records from Mount […]
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Mount Desert Islander previewed a talk by Joseph Kelley, a professor of marine geology at the University of Maine, at 4:10 p.m. May 30 at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor. Kelley’s talk will focus on methods for studying sea level rise along the Maine coast. The free talk is part of the […]
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WVII (Channel 7) quoted Alicyn Smart, a plant pathologist and assistant professor with University of Maine Cooperative Extension and director of UMaine’s Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab, for a report on how spring rains are damaging crops. Smart told WVII that large amounts of rain cause extra damp farming conditions that invite root diseases and water […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Kate Garland, a horticultural professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about how to grow your own potatoes. The best way to grow a potato is from the cuttings of a sprouting seed potato. These can be purchased from a local nursery, or grown at home […]
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