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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Boothbay Register published a University of Maine news release announcing a Darling Marine Center talk about sea scallops and Maine’s fishing and farming industry. Dana Morse, an Extension associate with Maine Sea Grant and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will speak at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 7 in Brooke Hall. Morse’s work includes educational […]
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The Associated Press spoke with Mark Brewer, a political science professor at the University of Maine, for the article, “Maine government shutdown ends with signing of $7.1B budget.” Gov. Paul LePage succeeded in eliminating a lodging tax increase from the two-year budget in an agreement that ended a three-day state government shutdown, according to the […]
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The Sun Journal spoke with University of Maine nursing student Natalie Bolduc of Dixfield for an article about her volunteer trip to Costa Rica. Bolduc was one of 15 UMaine nursing majors who traveled to the Central American country during spring break to provide health care to those in need, according to the article. “They […]
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Clay Kirby, an entomologist and University of Maine Cooperative Extension professional, was interviewed for a WLBZ (Channel 2) report about Maine’s mosquitoes and related public health concerns. The spring’s wet weather has produced ideal breeding conditions for mosquitoes in the state, WLBZ reported. If puddles, kiddie pools and gutters that collected water during the spring […]
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The Associated Press spoke with Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias, for a report about Maine’s soft-shell clam harvest. Clams that are harvested by hand and raked from the state’s mudflats are becoming less plentiful due to threats including an uptick in predation from green crabs and […]
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Kathy Hopkins, a University of Maine Extension professor, was quoted in a New Mexico State University news release about Food Camp for Kids. The program, for children ages 9–14, is hosted by NMSU’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences’ Cooperative Extension Service in Valencia County. Campers learn about the agricultural industry in their county […]
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The Portland Press Herald published a feature article on Aaron Strong, an assistant professor of marine policy at the University of Maine, as part of its “Meet” series. Strong said he loves being part of UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences. “I can work with our oceanographers on problems from the global scale down to right […]
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Paul Anderson, director of the Maine Sea Grant College Program, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee voting to push back on a proposal to de-fund the national Sea Grant program. The program, which is overseen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, provides approximately […]
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