Seacoast Online reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardener Volunteers will offer July workshops at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm. “Container Gardening” will be held 4–6 p.m. Thursday, July 6 and “Yardscaping & Native Plants” will be offered 10 a.m.–noon Sunday, July 16. A $10 fee to help defray the cost of containers, […]
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Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was interviewed by the Sun Journal for an article about tick and mosquito season. “It’s a bad year for ticks. There’s a lot of ticks around,” Dill said, adding deer ticks thrive in high humidity, which is what the state has had […]
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New Hampshire Public Radio spoke with Joyce Longcore, a chytrid researcher in the University of Maine’s School of Biology and Ecology, for the report “Will a deadly fungus destroy N.H.’s frog population? The answer is complicated.” Since it was first discovered, the chytrid fungus known as Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis or BD, has been implicated in massive […]
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Richard Kersbergen, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor and educator, was quoted in the Sun Journal article, “Farmers: Crops delayed, but quality looking good.” Kersbergen, an agricultural expert, said his specialty is hay and corn in Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties. Like other crops, corn planting was delayed this year, according to the article. […]
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The Portland Press Herald editorial, “More needy children in Maine deserve quality early care,” cited a study by Philip Trostel, a University of Maine economist. Trostel’s study, “Path to a Better Future: The Fiscal Payoff of Investment in Early Childhood in Maine,” recommends full-time education for children from birth to age 5, estimating that it […]
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WVII (Channel 7) and Point of Beginning (POB) reported the University of Maine Surveying Engineering Technology Program has received the 2017 Surveying Education Award from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), the organization’s top honor that comes with a $25,000 grand prize. The award recognizes surveying/geomatics programs that best reflect NCEES’ […]
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The Associated Press reported two University of Maine food scientists and a former graduate student believe they may have found a solution to the state’s trouble with invasive green crabs. The crustaceans threaten Maine’s marine economy because they’re predators of softshell clams, which are one of the state’s signature seafood items, the AP reported. Fishermen […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the Virtual Reality Immersive Expo hosted by the Maine Department of Education and Maine State Library in Augusta. The event allowed Maine educators to discuss how they’re using virtual technology in their curriculum and demo some groundbreaking programs, WABI reported. The University of Maine’s Immersive Mathematics in Rendered Environments lab showed […]
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ABC News spoke with Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, for a report about a 22-pound lobster believed to be over 100 years old. Louie the lobster has been greeting customers at Peter’s Clam Bar in Hempstead, New York for 20 years, but the restaurant’s owner told ABC […]
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Amanda Barbiere, a University of Maine student interning with the American Chestnut Foundation, was interviewed by WABI (Channel 5) for a report about how Maine is part of a national effort to restore the tree. A Stetson seed orchard that was planted in 2013 is among a handful in Maine being used as a testing […]
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