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UMaine Event to Explore Franco-American Identity

The public is invited to attend a cultural roundtable discussion and colloquium May 20-22 in Soderberg Auditorium in Jenness Hall, at which more than two dozen of the leading voices of the Franco-American experience will share their work and discuss cultural identity.

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Page Farm & Home Museum Plant Sale May 20-21

The Page Farm and Home Museum will hold an heirloom plant and seedling sale, rain or shine, Friday and Saturday, May 20 & 21, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Proceeds support the museum’s spring planting, garden programs and materials.

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Citizen Science Symposium May 12-13 at UMaine

ORONO – Scientists, educators and other interested professionals are invited to the 2011 Citizen Science Symposium at the University of Maine, May 12-13, a symposium designed to share information about environmental citizen science, where volunteers assist scientists with monitoring and data collection.

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UMaine to Continue Studying Effects of Dam Removal on Sea-Run Fish Species

University of Maine researchers have received funding to continue to examine the impact of dam removal on freshwater systems and populations of sea-run fish such as Atlantic salmon, alewife, sea lamprey, rainbow smelt and American shad, and also begin new research on the effects of restoration of sea lampreys to waterways where sea-run fish can […]

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Annual Black Bear Beauties Plant Sale May 6-7

The second annual Black Bear Beauties Plant Sale takes place Friday and Saturday, May 6-7 at the University of Maine Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamental Trial Garden in the Rangeley Road from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The sale is an opportunity for the public to buy rugged, often native, plants suitable for Maine gardens. They […]

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