Sean Birkel, Maine’s state climatologist and a research assistant professor at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, was mentioned in the Bangor Daily News article, “Bear expert: flooded dens a threat to bears, not people.” Heavy flooding from rain occurred earlier than usual this year, according to Jennifer Vashon, the biologist who oversees the […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald article about the popularity of live lobsters in Asia. Two-thirds of the live lobster sold overseas by the U.S. last year went to Asia, up 36 percent from the year before. The growth in the $231.9 million Asian market is welcomed by the Maine […]
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VillageSoup reported the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland will celebrate Edna St. Vincent Millay’s 126th birthday with a poetry reading and reception at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24 in the downtown museum’s auditorium. “Millay Without Borders” will be presented in collaboration with the Millay House Rockland and the University of Maine’s Clement and Linda McGillicuddy […]
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The Sun Journal reported the Norway-Paris Fish & Game Association will host its annual ice fishing derby on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 24–25 in Norway. Fish caught in any area lakes and ponds may be entered into the derby. Derby tickets are $1 and the purchase of a ticket will enter anglers in a raffle […]
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Mainebiz published a University of Maine news release announcing the Maine Sea Grant College Program has awarded funds for four new projects, representing nearly $1 million in research investment from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and matching sources. Grants were awarded to faculty at the University of Maine and other research institutions statewide. Research […]
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A study published by University of Maine researchers in 2011 was cited in a Daily Mail article related to the history of rabbit domestication. Experts at Oxford University used DNA to explore the origins of the domestic rabbit, and they found it impossible to pin down domestication to a single date or event, according to […]
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Seacoast Online reported the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond will once again host Camp North Woods this summer. Camp staff and instructors will include Maine game wardens, biologists and recreational safety coordinators, according to the article. A co-ed overnight camp for children ages 9–11 will be held July 15–20, […]
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Mainebiz and Maine Public mentioned the University of Maine in reports of a new tenant at the site of Millinocket’s shuttered paper mill. LignaCLT Maine LLC announced it is expecting to bring 100 jobs to the Katahdin region in the next five years. LignaCLT Maine will build a 300,000-square-foot manufacturing plant on the site now […]
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The Forecaster reported Harpswell voters will decide whether to allocate about $9,500 for the University of Maine to conduct studies on brown-tail moths and ways to naturally reduce their population. The vote follows a Board of Selectmen workshop last November where Eleanor Groden, a professor of entomology at UMaine, discussed her work as director of […]
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A recently published study by researchers from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, University of Maine and National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration was cited in a Gloucester Times article about the start of another benchmark lobster study. In 2015, data collected in an assessment of New England lobster stocks showed record-high abundance for the combined […]
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