In an advance of Monday’s meeting of the University of Maine System Board of Trustees, the Bangor Daily News noted that agenda items included a discussion of UMaine President Paul Ferguson’s Blue Sky Project, a five-year plan outlining ways to strengthen UMaine and the state. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The New England Cable News website posted an Associated Press article about a University of Maine School of Economics study that found about 60 percent of household trash thrown out in 17 sampled communities across the state could have been diverted from the waste stream at significant cost savings through composting or recycling. The Natural […]
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Invasive aquatic plants are a huge threat in Maine, but a water quality scientist shares tips for keeping lakes clear.
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The Science Codex website posted a report about a marine research project by scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, University of Washington and University of Maine oceanographer Mary Jane Perry. The scientists published this week an article in the journal Science about the discovery of a new trigger of the North Atlantic phytoplankton bloom, […]
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Scientists find evidence of eddies triggering spring phytoplankton blooms in the subpolar ocean.
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A Bangor Daily News article reported that Maine’s first lady Anne LePage will visit military children from Maine at an Operation Military Kids (OMK) camp located in Gilead. OMK is a collaborative summer camp program of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 4-H, military families and youth, veterans and others. OMK is designed to provide youth […]
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The state Department of Environmental Protection’s Maine Healthy Beaches program, administered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was the subject of a Bangor Daily News article in which environmentalists complained that communities with beaches with unhealthful water quality often don’t post public warnings. A DEP spokesperson said the program is a data-collection and assessment […]
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Research by University of Maine School of Economics researcher Todd Gabe was cited in a column in The Atlantic Cities, an affiliate of The Atlantic Monthly magazine. In the column, economist Richard Florida, author of “The Rise of the Creative Class,” used Gabe’s research findings about the so-called creative class to defend his theories about […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension pest management specialist Jim Dill was interviewed by the Morning Sentinel for a gardening status update. The summer’s extreme weather fluctuations have caused problems for some vegetable gardens, but Dill says hay is growing exceptionally well. The report also appeared in the Portland Press Herald. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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An article in the Morning Sentinel about the launch this week in Bath of a new military rescue and special operations watercraft that resembles a jet ski noted the vehicle designed for rough seas and breaking surf was built by Hodgdon Defense Composites in Bath, with composite research technology from the University of Maine. The […]
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