In Tom Atwell’s Maine Gardner column titled “Let it be a wild, wild world” in the Portland Press Herald, readers seeking to improve their soil are invited to contact University of Maine Cooperative Extension for a soil testing kit.
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The Boothbay Register advanced a talk titled “Plankton, Right Whales and Change in Gulf of Maine Ecosystem” by University of Maine professor of oceanography Jeffrey Runge at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 14 in Brooke Hall at the Darling Marine Center. The talk is free and open to the public; registration is requested.
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Abby Bennett, a University of Maine senior recently elected secretary of the College Republican National Committee, was mentioned in The Republican Journal story about young leaders changing the public face of the Waldo County Republicans. “The Republican Party can be the party of young people — the party and its ideals are the most representative […]
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The Kennebec Journal reported that Kevin Frankhauser, a junior forestry student at the University of Maine, will receive a $1,000 Barrows Scholarship from the Kennebec Valley Garden Club. Frankhauser, who can assist in fighting forest fires, has interned with the Maine Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation, where he focused on planting, inoculating, collecting data […]
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The Republican Journal reported a young African leader from Djibouti, who is part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship Program, will stay in Belfast this weekend with local hosts. Aichia Ali is one of 25 young leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa who are spending six weeks at the University of Maine’s Public Management Institute to participate in […]
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Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine news release announcing the University of Maine J.F. Witter Teaching & Research Center will host a livestock tour and field day 1–6 p.m. July 12 at 160 University Farm Road, Old Town. Tours will include the center’s horse and dairy facilities, and pastured sheep and poultry flocks. […]
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Sean Birkel, Maine’s state climatologist and a research assistant professor at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for the article, “Lots of rain, above average temperatures recorded in June in northern, eastern Maine.” Above average precipitation throughout the state over the winter and spring helped ease the […]
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Bob Steneck, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, was included in a Free Press article about the current state of Maine’s lobster industry. Dave Cousens, president of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association, has been fishing out of South Thomaston for 50 years, according to the article. He started recording water temperatures from […]
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The Republican Journal reported the public is invited to view the “Celebrating Sprouts” children’s art exhibit on display through July 21 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. More than 24 framed artworks highlight the creativity of preschoolers ages 2 to 5. The pieces were completed during the recent school year at Broadreach […]
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The Forecaster reported on a conservation project in Scarborough that is focused on killing invasive green crabs, which are predators of clams. About 20 people participated in the June 28 conservation project in part because Scarborough has an ordinance that requires fishermen holding a commercial shellfish license to complete 12 hours of conservation work annually […]
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