Following the recent announcement by Gov. Janet Mills and Maine’s Congressional delegation that Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Advanced Manufacturing Tech Hub will receive an additional $22 million to position Maine as a global leader in forest-based biomaterial production and manufacturing, the University of Maine is advancing plans to launch its Forest Bioproducts Technology Maturation Program, a […]
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Ask anyone who frequents the forests of New England and they will likely speak of unwelcome companions — ticks. Blacklegged ticks are expanding their range and rising in numbers, infecting people with pathogens that cause conditions like Lyme disease and babesiosis. Climate change is frequently blamed, but researchers have noticed another man-made problem may be […]
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Conservation is a multi-dimensional issue that goes beyond preserving the environment. Conservationists not only need ecological expertise, but also have to understand the impact of conservation on the economics and culture of an area, be able to interact with the public about issues of conservation and so much more. Through a program funded by the […]
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The Portland Press Herald and WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Angela Mech, assistant professor of forest entomology at the University of Maine, on the possibility for Mainers to see smaller browntail moth populations this spring than in previous years. Mech said she is “cautiously optimistic,” and that a fungus devastated populations this past summer. She and […]
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USA Today cited a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute Climate Reanalyzer that showed how the temperature of air 6.5 feet above the sea surface has increased since 1979.
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The Bangor Daily News highlighted research from the University of Maine in 2024 that aided statewide efforts to research, inform and protect communities from a group of chemicals known as PFAS. UMaine efforts include research to develop coatings free of PFAS for food wrappers and other paper products by using seaweed and tree pulp; and […]
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The Portland Press Herald cited a data visualization on drug overdose deaths compiled with data from the Monthly Overdose Report from the Maine Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the University of Maine. The visualization showed a year-to-year decrease in overdose deaths starting in 2023 and the potential for the state to have the […]
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WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor) highlighted a report on virtual volunteering that was co-authored by researchers at the University of Maine Center on Aging. The report found that volunteer work performed entirely and partly online is increasing. Virtual and hybrid volunteers contributed more than 1.2 billion service hours in 2023, representing $41.5 billion in economic […]
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WMTW (ABC 8 in Portland) and the Portland Press Herald highlighted research on budworm outbreaks from a state task force in which the University of Maine Cooperative Forestry Research Unit is a partner. The research states that every 30 to 60 years, there is an outbreak and severe defoliation. Maine is expected to have outbreak […]
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The Bangor Daily News highlighted research that was conducted as part of a partnership between the University of Maine and U.S. Department of Agriculture in the early 1960s to breed abnaki potatoes. These potatoes are rare to find today, except in traces of popular breed varieties that have descended from them, but were described as […]
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