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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Morning Ag Clips published a University of Maine Cooperative Extension news release announcing the annual sustainable agriculture twilight tour 4:30–7:30 p.m. July 6, at UMaine’s Rogers Farm in Old Town. Soil health is the theme of this year’s free public event. The tour is designed for farmers, crop advisers and others interested in agricultural production […]
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The Portland Press Herald published an opinion piece by Charles Scontras, a historian and research associate at the University of Maine’s Bureau of Labor Education, titled “We should elevate the status of work in the modern economy.”
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Boothbay Register published a news release announcing the first in a series of public conversations that bring together ceramic art masters, scientists and Mainers working in natural resource-based fields to examine intersections between art and contemporary environmental issues. At 5:30 p.m. July 7 at St. Patrick’s Church in Newcastle, Port Clyde lobsterman Gerry Cushman will […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported the University of Maine and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay were awarded two grants totaling $574,000 to fund a joint study of a marine protozoan parasite that infects oysters. The grants were awarded by the National Science Foundation, according to the article. Maine’s U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Colt Knight, a UMaine Extension assistant professor and state livestock specialist, for the article, “What to know before adding backyard goats.” The first thing that someone should consider when adding goats is that — like any other animal — you need to have the time and ability to take […]
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