WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) and WGME (CBS 13 in Portland) interviewed Angela Mech, an assistant professor of forest entomology at the University of Maine, on the outbreaks of browntail moths. Mech said outbreaks are part of the moths’ natural cycle, but changes in climate have caused significant spikes. Fox 23 in Portland shared […]
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Pamela Hargest, horticulturist specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, talked about garden watering techniques with News Center Maine for a segment titled “Gardening with Gutner.” Hargest said she is more careful to monitor rainfall in her vegetable gardens as opposed to perennial gardens because vegetables need a certain amount of rainfall each week. […]
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WAGM (Channel 8 in Presque Isle) interviewed Jim Dill, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate program administrator in pest management, on the abundance of forest tent caterpillars in Aroostook County this summer. Dill said the caterpillars can defoliate and kill trees over a span of several years and cause roads to get slick if […]
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Bangor Daily News referenced a University of Maine Cooperative Extension newsletter on a group of chemicals known as PFAS written by Caragh Fitzgerald, an associate Extension educator for agriculture and an associate Extension professor. Fitzgerald wrote that uncoated corrugated cardboard is less likely to contain PFAS, and any PFAS in it will likely be diluted […]
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Someone who knows how to smile in subzero weather, Vendy Hazuková’s grit in the field has defined her as a graduate student at the University of Maine. Much of her time learning was outside of the classroom collecting samples in the Arctic, which ultimately led to a postdoctoral position in Northern Europe that she will […]
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WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor), WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) and News Center Maine attended the Hazing Prevention Consortium summit held at the University of Maine’s Buchanan Alumni House June 4-5. The summit was created and organized by StopHazing, a group founded by UMaine professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan. It is an annual […]
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USA Today cited a data visualization from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s Climate Reanalyzer for sea surface temperatures across the Atlantic on May 29. The New Jersey Herald and Asbury Park Press shared the report.
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The Portland Press Herald featured comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension associate scientist Glen Koehler in a report from the latest Maine Climate Council meeting on Wednesday, May 29. Koehler said shorter winters — longer growing seasons — and warming temperatures should be an advantage for Maine producers and presented the latest scientific findings […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension launched the Maine Farmcast, a podcast that features weekly conversations with experts from across the country who share insights and advice for both new and seasoned farmers running operations of any size. “This is a way to share conversations around the livestock industry that relate to research, production, nutrition, reproduction, […]
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For the first time in its 34-year history, students from the Belfast Community Outreach Program for Education (BCOPE) — an alternative high school program for academically at-risk students — participated in the Maine State Science Fair. Three students competed in March with self-designed aquaponic and hydroponic systems for tomatoes, peppers, lettuce and other produce; and […]
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