University of Maine Cooperative Extension is partnering with New Hampshire Strafford and Rockingham counties conservation districts for a twilight soil health tour 5–7 p.m. Aug. 29, at Bumbleroot Organic Farm in Windham. The free event includes a tour of the cover crop-based no-till tarping trial plots, demonstrations of farming equipment and implements, and a discussion […]
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A $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation EPSCoR program will fund a five-year initiative that aims to revolutionize environmental monitoring, ecological understanding and sustainability of coastal ecosystems. The University of Maine is partnering with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and other collaborators in education, government agencies, citizen’s groups and local industry statewide. “The […]
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Mainebiz reported on the University of Maine’s Center for Additive Manufacturing of Metals (CAMM), which focuses on 3D printing of metal objects and is based in the Advanced Manufacturing Center. “This is going to be the inaugural year of using this technology, and I’m excited to see how that pans out,” said UMaine undergraduate Alex […]
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Morning Ag Clips reported University of Maine Cooperative Extension will hold a mechanical weed control field day 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at Rogers Farm in Old Town. Designed for farmers, crop advisers and others in the agricultural community, this hands-on event will feature tool demonstrations and research results for vegetable and field crop production […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will hold a mechanical weed control field day 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at Rogers Farm in Old Town. Designed for farmers, crop advisers and others in the agricultural community, this hands-on event will feature tool demonstrations and research results for vegetable and field crop production from local, national and […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a 40-hour basic mediation training beginning 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Sept. 23 at the University of Maine, 1 York Complex. The training continues at the same location Sept. 24–25 and Oct. 2–3. The hands-on, interactive training will include demonstrations, discussions, exercises, videos and role-play practice with mediation scenarios. Scheduled […]
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The Associated Press, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7) and Engadget reported on a mobile app that citizen scientists can use to contribute to monarch butterfly migration research at the University of Maine. By visiting potential roosting sites from Maine to Georgia, users of the Monarch Model Validator app can help researchers by answering questions […]
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The Maine Edge spoke with Danny Williams, executive director of the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine, and Karen Cole, associate director of the CCA, about the center’s 2019–20 season. The season kicks off Sept. 13 with musician Chubby Checker and will feature a gala performance by Bobby McFerrin Sept. 28. […]
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Kate Garland, a horticultural professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, visited the studio of WABI (Channel 5) to speak about the annual Field Day at Rogers Farm demonstration garden in Old Town. The UMaine Extension Master Gardener Volunteers program will host the free event 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Sept. 7, rain or shine. Activities include […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported on an open house that was held to celebrate the completion of the Orono Bog Boardwalk’s reconstruction. It took seven years for 120 volunteers, who worked more than 4,000 hours, to replace the original wooden sections of the boardwalk with more durable plastic composite ones at […]
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