Michael “Mick” Peterson’s recent trip to Turkey to consult with the six major race tracks of the Jockey Club of Turkey was the subject of a story by a horse racing columnist Kadir Kiygir. Since 2004, the UMaine professor of mechanical engineering has contracted with track owners and racing industry leaders to test the strength, […]
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University of Maine marine scientist Bob Steneck participated in a Florida State University-led study that recommends a paradigm shift for fisheries science and management. The study spearheaded by FSU biology professor Joe Travis advocates that fisheries experts and managers consider how overfishing and environmental changes disrupt species interactions and alter ecosystems, including pushing some ecosystems […]
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Robert Wagner, a forestry professor at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the editorial “A devastating infestation of spruce budworms is coming — and we need to be ready.” Wagner, who is director of the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit that was formed in 1975 during the last spruce budworm outbreak, […]
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The proposed floating offshore wind project led by the University of Maine and its partner companies was cited in a Bangor Daily News editorial titled “The year in arguments: Five Maine, national matters we haven’t seen the end of.” The article states the pilot project “relies on developing technology that’s innovative and Maine-grown.”
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The Bangor Daily News reported Bangor High School will benefit from a three-year, $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study stormwater runoff and document its effect on pollution in local waterways. The University of Maine’s College of Engineering is partnering with Bangor High School, as well as schools and municipal water officials in […]
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The VillageSoup reported on the Maine Green Crab Summit held at the University of Maine and posted audio from the conference on its website. Several hundred fishermen, regulators and scientists gathered for the conference to talk about the invasive European green crab and the effects it has on the state’s coastal and marine resources. Attendees […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the Maine Green Crab Summit held at the University of Maine. Several hundred fishermen, regulators and scientists gathered for the conference to talk about the invasive European green crab and the effects it has on the state’s coastal and marine resources. Attendees and presenters talked about different approaches for […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the Maine Green Crab Summit held at the University of Maine. Scientists, state officials and fishermen met to discuss the invasive European green crab and the effects it has on the state’s coastal and marine resources, including shellfish harvesting. Attendees and presenters talked about […]
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The Associated Press previewed the Dec. 16 Maine Green Crab Summit at the University of Maine. Maine officials, researches and fisherman are expected to discuss the invasive European green crab and the effects it has on the state’s coastal and marine resources. Maine Sea Grant, Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), Maine Coastal Program and […]
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Vice President for Research Carol Kim recently appointed Paul Anderson as the new director of the Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI) at the University of Maine. ARI is a statewide resource for research, faculty expertise and facilities dedicated to informing the development of sustainable aquaculture. In Maine, marine aquaculture includes salmon, oysters, mussels and seaweeds with […]
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