The Ellsworth American spoke with David Yarborough, a wild blueberry specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for the article, “Blueberry growers are looking at marketing for industry relief.” As a blueberry season shortened by bad weather and financial issues comes to an end, industry experts said a smaller crop has the potential to reduce […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) and the Associated Press reported on the unveiling of a 9/11 sculpture outside the Cumberland County Jail in Portland. Sheriff Kevin Joyce was given a 100-pound piece of steel from one of the twin towers, according to the WLBZ report. Gregory Ondo, an assistant professor of art at the University of Maine, […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is asking for the public’s help in determining what types of horticultural education programs best help meet the needs of home gardeners in the state. The survey will aid UMaine Extension in planning its programs for home gardeners in the coming year. Feedback is requested via a brief (five-question) survey, […]
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Alice Kelley, a geoarchaeologist at the University of Maine; and Jacque Miller, a graduate research assistant in the UMaine School of Earth and Climate Sciences, visited the studios of WABI (Channel 5) to discuss their work preserving Maine’s shell middens. Kelley, an associate research professor in the Climate Change Institute, cooperating professor in the Department […]
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The Working Waterfront reported on the Sentinel Survey, which collects data on the status of groundfish populations in Eastern Maine. The survey, now in its eighth year, is conducted by Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries in collaboration with the University of Maine, according to the article. Fishermen visit a total of 84 survey stations from […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the third annual Fall Field Day at Rogers Farm Demonstration Garden in Old Town. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers hosted the event to celebrate the growing season with workshops, activities, live music and homemade food. Organizers said the event is a great opportunity for people to […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the opening of Hirundo Wildlife Refuge’s “Trail of the Senses.” The ADA-compliant trail was created in partnership with the University of Maine. The first completed section was constructed by a group of 18 students in UMaine professor Will Manion’s CET 458 Management of Construction course, WABI reported.
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Marcella Sorg, director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center’s Rural Drug and Alcohol Research Program; and Lisa Marsch, director of the Dartmouth Center for Technology and Behavior, will lead a webinar for the National Drug Early Warning System on New Hampshire fentanyl deaths. Their webinar, “Understanding the Increase in Opioid Overdoses: NDEWS New Hampshire […]
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Boothbay Sea and Science Center campers capped off their summer program with a recent daylong visit to the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Nearly 30 campers, ages 5–13, learned about shellfish aquaculture with Lili Pugh, DMC’s K–12 education coordinator. “To understand aquaculture, one must know the science,” Pugh says. “Understanding water quality, […]
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Research and faculty from the University of Maine were included in a Mainebiz article about the state’s growing oyster farming industry. Oysters are one of Maine’s top three farmed species (along with Atlantic salmon and blue mussels), according to the 2017 Maine Aquaculture Economic Impact Report, published by the UMaine Aquaculture Research Institute. Maine has […]
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