Contact: Vivianne Holmes, 800-287-1458 or 207-353-5550 ORONO –The Women and the Woods program will hold a “kitchen table” meetings for woman woodland owners all around Maine between now and December. The first session, on marketing, marking boundary lines, deeds, and soils in a woodlot, is scheduled for Thursday June 15. This event will be held […]
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Contact: Associate Extension Professor Mark Hutchinson, 207-832-0343 ORONO–University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the Maine Department of Agriculture, has published “Safe Disposal of Backyard Poultry Mortalities,” a bulletin with step-by-step instructions for composting poultry mortalities safely. Many Mainers keep poultry, and mortalities can occur even in well-cared-for flocks. Proper disposal of carcasses minimizes […]
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Contact: Joseph Zydlewski (207) 581-2853; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — UMaine researchers Joseph Zydlewski, Michael Kinnison and Christopher Holbrook will continue to develop effective methods for assessing the migratory success of Maine’s endangered Atlantic salmon populations with the help of a $95,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Their project, which […]
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Contact: Rick Kersbergen (207) 342-5971; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – When it comes to producing organic milk in Maine, UMaine Cooperative Extension researcher Rick Kersbergen is definitely the farmer’s friend. Assisting the state’s organic milk producers with everything from forage crops to farmyard pests, Kersbergen has made it his mission to provide agricultural […]
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Contact: Tucker Kimball (207) 582-4790; Rick Kersbergen (207) 342-5971; David Munson (207) 581-3777 GARDINER, Maine — The Maine Technology Institute board of directors recently approved a cluster enhancement award aimed at stimulating Maine’s organic dairy farm industry. The $78,000 award, matched by a co-investment of $827,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, went to UMaine […]
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Contact: Dorothy Croall (207) 581-2829; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — For more than two decades, UMaine Biochemistry professor Dorothy Croall has studied a critically important family of enzymes known as calpains. The enzymes are thought to be important contributors to basic cellular functions, as well as to the pathology of cancer and several […]
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Contact: Steven Adam (207) 581-2262; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — When it comes to making the most of energy resources, UMaine alumus George Sakellaris is a man with a plan. Known across the country as one of the foremost leaders in the development of comprehensive energy plans for business and industry, Sakellaris was […]
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Contact: Dave Munson at (207) 581-3777 Neuroscientist to discuss teen brain development Contacts: Kay Hyatt (207) 581-2761, David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine — How many frustrated parents have asked their teen-agers, “What in the world were you thinking?” Well, the kids probably weren’t thinking, at least not in the way adults reason. They might […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207 )581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine President Robert A. Kennedy announced today that he has selected Edna Mora Szymanski, dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park, to be UMaine’s new senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. Szymanski began her academic career in […]
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Contact: Richard Kersbergen, 800-287-1426, richardk@umext.maine.eduEric Gallandt, 207-581-2933, gallandt@maine.edu ORONO
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