Pamela Hargest, a horticulture professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show’s topic was tips for late-summer gardening, including weeding, pruning and picking.
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Marine phytoplankton are the inspiration for a new mobile application and educational game launched by University of Maine assistant professor of new media and intermedia Gene Felice. The app, called Phyto Heroes, is an outcome of an interactive art exhibit Oceanic Scales, developed by Felice and Jennifer Parker at University of California Santa Cruz, with […]
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In an article on the implementation of an agreement between the Penobscot Nation and the University of Maine, the Bangor Daily News interviewed Darren Ranco, an associate professor of anthropology, the chair of Native American programs and coordinator of Native American research at UMaine. UMaine occupies traditional territory of the Penobscot Nation, and this spring […]
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The County interviewed Greg Porter, a professor of crop ecology and management at the University of Maine, for a report on a field day at UMaine’s Aroostook Research Farm, and ongoing potato research. Porter leads the potato breeding program at the farm, the largest of UMaine’s five agricultural experiment stations, the article states. Research at […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Francis Drummond, a professor of insect ecology and insect pest management at the University of Maine, for an article about a new report he co-authored, “Bees and Their Habitats in Four New England States.” The report covers 401 bee species in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont — 275 of […]
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VillageSoup and the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel announced the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers program in Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties is accepting applications. Classes meet 1—4:30 p.m. Oct. 4 through Nov. 15, and March 21 through May 2. Most classes will be at the Knox-Lincoln Extension office in Waldoboro and some […]
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More than 74 participants from 13 states and three other countries — Norway, Canada and New Zealand — are expected at the University of Maine Aug. 12-15 for the North American Blueberry Research and Extension Workers Conference. This is the second time that this national conference has been held in Maine; the first was in […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Susan Elias, a vector ecologist at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute and a research associate at the Lyme and Vector-Borne Disease Laboratory at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute, for an article about how the invasive Japanese barberry bush helps ticks survive in Maine. Barberry, which was introduced […]
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This summer, Hancock County 4-H has been collaborating with the Center for Cooperative Aquaculture (CCAR) in Franklin and the University of Maine Center for Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS) to offer a 4-H Aquaponics SPIN Club to high school youth in the Franklin area. The group meets at the CCAR facility weekly to care for […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Kathy Savoie, an educator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article on preserving the harvest. This time of year, gardens often yield an abundance of fresh produce, more than their owners can consume. Canning and freezing can save the excess harvest for enjoyment during the rest of […]
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