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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A discussion on current weather events and their relation to past, present and future climate trends will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8 in Bryand Global Sciences Center, Room 307. The talk will be led by Sean Birkel and Bradfield Lyon, research professors at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute. The talk […]
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The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, Penobscot Bay Pilot, Portland Press Herald, WLBZ (Channel 2) and Maine Public reported on Maine drug overdose death figures released by the state attorney general’s office. The number of Maine overdose deaths so far in 2017 is on par with last year, suggesting the numbers are leveling off while […]
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University of Maine Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Robert Dana spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about parents and students preparing for family weekends at colleges and universities around the state. “The separation of young people from their homes and parents and families and communities is a complex […]
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Renae Moran, a tree fruit specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was cited in a Mainebiz article about the state’s apple crop. According to the New England Apple Association, citing the U.S. Apple Association’s official 2017 forecast, Maine apple growers anticipate a crop of 1,024,000 boxes — or 43,008,000 pounds, based on 42 […]
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