In an article on the challenges surrounding Maine’s beech tree population, Down East magazine cited a paper by University of Maine researchers Arun Bose and Aaron Weiskittel, with Purdue University colleague Robert Wagner. The paper, published in The Journal of Applied Ecology, showed a population explosion of beech trees in the state over the past […]
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Mainebiz reported the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry recently announced five grants totaling almost $188,000 that will support projects addressing critical needs in the state’s agriculture industry. The awards were announced during Agriculture Day at the Maine Legislature. The projects particularly target Washington County for development of new markets and processing techniques for […]
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Mary Ellen Camire, a fellow at the Institute of Food Technologists and a professor of food science and human nutrition in the School of Food and Agriculture at the University of Maine, was quoted in an NBC News BETTER article about risks posed by pesticides. The article was written in response to this year’s “Dirty […]
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Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, was cited in the Pasadena Star-News article, “Successful aging: Challenging assumptions about loneliness and isolation in older Americans.” The article argues more accessible resources are needed particularly for those geographically isolated from friends, other people and community. Many rural older adults are separated by […]
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Newsweek, USA Today, EcoWatch, Xinhua News Agency and Eos: Earth and Space Science News reported on new research that found glaciers in a Alaska’s Denali National Park are melting faster than any time in the past 400 years — and summer temperatures are starting to climb. The research, which was published in the American Geophysical […]
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Eric Gallandt, a professor of weed ecology and management at the University of Maine, and Sonja Birthisel, a UMaine weed ecology doctoral candidate, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about a ground beetle that eats weed seeds. “The ground beetle seed predators rank up there in my top four ways to manage […]
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Mainebiz and Mount Desert Islander reported the Maine Department of Marine Resources has been awarded a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to improve data used to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales. According to a DMR news release, $714,245 was awarded to the three-year project, which begins this summer. The project will […]
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Mark Wells, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “In new cautionary approach, Maine shellfish areas will be closed at first sign of toxins.” Public health officials said they will use extreme caution to manage toxic algae blooms this year to prevent another […]
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The Portland Press Herald published a feature article on University of Maine graduate student Garrett Raymond as part of its “Meet” series. Raymond is pursuing a master’s degree in the School of Economics and is a member of the campus-based group Maine Community Energy Advocates. The group’s goal is to advance community energy projects in […]
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Ian Bricknell, a professor of aquaculture at the University of Maine, spoke with Undercurrent News for an article about a recent discovery of infectious salmon anemia (ISA) at one of Northern Harvest Sea Farms’ facilities on the coast of Newfoundland. Northern Harvest maintains at least seven recently stocked salmon farms in clumps within a roughly […]
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