The community news section of WCSH’s (Channel 6) website featured an article about a recent University of Maine School of Economics study. Todd Gabe, UMaine economics professor, said the study estimates the economic effect of the more than 63,000 visitors to the Boothbay Region Land Trust’s preserve is around $3.9 million a year.
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine has extended its test deployment of a floating wind turbine in Castine Harbor to a year as it prepares its bid for a long-term contract for an offshore wind pilot project. Maine Public Broadcasting Network also carried a report on UMaine’s bid preparation titled “UMaine looks […]
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The Kennebec Journal and Associated Press reported on a new project by the University of Maine, Penobscot Nation and American Philosophical Society to compile and publish the first comprehensive printed Penobscot dictionary. The San Francisco Chronicle and WABI (Channel 5) were among news organizations to carry the AP report.
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The University of Maine’s offshore wind efforts were mentioned in the Bangor Daily News editorial “LePage must show offshore wind rhetoric is more than hot air.”
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Sensor buoy to help answer questions about declining water clarity in Acadia National Park.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine, Penobscot Nation and American Philosophical Society have recieved funds to compile and publish the first comprehensive printed Penobscot dictionary. Pauleena MacDougall, director of the Maine Folklife Center and co-principal investigator on the project, and James Francis, director of cultural and historic preservation for the tribe, […]
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Recharge News reported the University of Maine-led DeepCwind Consortium will submit a bid for a deepwater offshore wind pilot project. State utilities regulators reopened the bidding after lawmakers approved legislation backed by Gov. Paul LePage to let UMaine compete.
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Reinforced Plastics published an article about VolturnUS 1:8, the first grid-connected offshore wind turbine to be deployed off the coast of North America and created by the University of Maine-led DeepCwind Consortium. The article focused on the turbine’s tower made of glass fiber reinforced polymers.
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NEH grant to create a Penobscot Dictionary dedicated to keeping the language alive.
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WVII (Channel 7) interviewed doctoral student Kristine Hoffmann on her research on the blue-spotted salamander. Hoffmann is studying breeding ecology, habitat selection and life histories in an effort to conserve the salamanders.
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