The Penobscot Bay Pilot advanced “Hanging by a Thread,” an exhibit of more than 50 works by Maine fiber artists to be hosted in the H. Allen and Sally Fernald Gallery at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast from Sept. 6 to Nov. 22. A free opening reception will be held 5:30–7 p.m. […]
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News Center Maine and Outdoor News Daily reported on a wild turkey population count led by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW). This past winter, researchers and students in the University of Maine’s Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology; local game wardens; and biologists trapped, banded and dispersed 216 wild male […]
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Market News Reporter published an article about a collaborative research project being led by Virginia Tech that will look at the potential of forest residues becoming an economically viable resource. “Residues” in the forest industry refer to secondary materials such as the branches and tops of trees that cannot be cut into boards or made […]
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Morning Ag Clips reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) will offer a tractor safety workshop 5:30–8:30 p.m. July 30 in Dover-Foxcroft. The workshop is offered to local farmers, residents and landowners who are at least 18 years old and wish to learn basic tractor safety […]
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10 daily, an Australian news site, quoted Robert Steneck, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, in the article, “Lobsters left to die in restaurant tanks spur animal cruelty complaints.” The RSPCA, a community-based charity providing animal care and protection services in Australia, is outraged after lobsters were left in the display […]
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Lakes Region Weekly reported the Maine 4-H Foundation is $2 million away from buying the Magic Lantern theater and pub in Bridgton, where it plans to create an innovation lab and learning center for local children. The foundation, which supports the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension programs, has raised about half of the $4 million […]
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The Ellsworth American reported on an upcoming conference at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill. The Reversing Falls Sanctuary Climate Action Group in Brooksville and Robert Shetterly’s “Americans Who Tell the Truth” project will host the 2019 Climate Convergence Conference 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. July 20. A central theme of the conference is to advocate for […]
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The Kathmandu Post included information from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in the article, “Worried about pesticides? Scrub them away.” When washing leafy greens, UMaine Extension recommends a vinegar and water mixture, according to the bulletin, “Best Ways to Wash Fruits and Vegetables.” The publication also advises consumers stay away from soap or commercial […]
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Tweets by Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist and climate scientist at the University of Maine, were included in the Daily Mail article, “Scientists awaken 41,000-year-old worms from Siberian permafrost (or did they?): Debate rages over ‘unheard of’ findings described in recent study.” A team of microbiologists announced last year that they had resurrected nematodes that had […]
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Morning Ag Clips reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Oxford County will hold a workshop on raising backyard poultry 1–3 p.m. Aug. 7 at the UMaine Extension office in South Paris. UMaine Extension livestock specialist Colt Knight will discuss poultry breeds, housing, health and nutrition. Prospective and beginning small-scale egg producers will gain […]
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