The Hechinger Report talked with Jessica Leahy, a University of Maine professor of the human dimensions of natural resources, about a recently released study of rural high school student aspirations and the impact of the pandemic on school performance.
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Four University of Maine graduate students will help communities that rely on natural resources for recreation and tourism prepare for the ramifications of climate change. The team will provide stakeholder municipalities data to help them adapt to the changing climate and assist them with developing climate adaptation frameworks using ‘scenario planning’— a method of forecasting […]
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Ivan Fernandez, a University of Maine professor of soil science and forest resources and a member of Maine’s Climate Council, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News editorial praising the state’s actions to mitigate climate change.
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Centralmaine.com reported that Aram Calhoun, a University of Maine professor of wetlands ecology, received a 2020 Conservation Leadership Award from the Natural Resources Council of Maine for her work protecting vernal pools.
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The World reported on a study of rural youth in Maine and Oregon by University of Maine professor of human dimensions of natural resources Jessica Leahy. Leahy and her colleagues in Oregon surveyed youth about their aspirations and their perceptions of their communities. The findings, formatted as fact sheets, can be used by schools to […]
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Public News Service cited Ivan Fernandez, professor of soil science and forest resources, in a story about the state’s new climate action plan. Fernandez, a cooperating professor with UMaine’s Climate Change Institute, co-chairs the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Maine Climate Council.
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The Maine Climate Council released its four-year plan for climate action Tuesday, the same day 60-mph wind gusts were battering the state. As Council member Ivan Fernandez remarked during the public release of the report that the five hottest years in Earth’s recorded history were the last five, the temperature in a number of communities […]
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In their November cooperator’s newsletter, the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District (PCSWCD) highlighted a critical partnership between the district and Jessica Leahy, a University of Maine professor in the School of Forest Resources. Leahy, a long-time cooperator with the PCSWCD, facilitates hands-on learning opportunities for UMaine students while supporting the district’s goals. Recent […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Ivan Fernandez, a University of Maine professor of soil science and forest resources, and Ellen Mallory, a professor of sustainable agriculture in the School of Food and Agriculture and Cooperative Extension specialist, joined a panel of experts who answered questions from the public about the impact of climate change […]
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Mainebiz picked up a University of Maine news release highlighting the use of lasers to map carbon deposits from space. Daniel Hayes, director of the Wheatland Geospatial Laboratory, and Aaron Weiskittel, director of the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, will partner with researchers at Michigan State University and the University of Minnesota to analyze […]
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