ORONO — When Noah Lambert of Bar Harbor enrolled at the University of Maine, launching a giant balloon 90,000 feet in the air to livestream a total solar eclipse wasn’t an activity he imagined being able to do during his college career. For the past year, Lambert and nine other undergraduate and graduate students have […]
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UMaine-led research aims to help maple industry tap new markets
ORONO — Mainers know their maple syrup — the state is the third-largest producer of it nationwide. The same can’t be said in many other places. In parts of the southern and western U.S., many consumers don’t realize that maple syrup comes in different flavors based on when it was harvested or how long it […]
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Talk on browntail moth outbreaks set for April 1
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is set to host a talk, “The Menacing Moth of Maine:Understanding Browntail Moth and Their Outbreaks,” at 3 p.m. Monday, April 1. All talks in the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability Talks series are free and offered both remotely via Zoom […]
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4-H workshop explores Maine’s changing tidepools
Register by Wednesday, March 27 on the event webpage.
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Maine Big Night to mark amphibian migrations
ORONO — University of Maine researchers are encouraging people to get outside and help document one of nature’s great migrations this spring. Maine Big Night, a community science nonprofit founded by UMaine doctorate candidate Greg LeClair calls on Mainers to brave the dark and muck to find frogs and salamanders that are on the move, […]
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Artists sought for agriculture-focused calendar supporting mediation program
The submission deadline is May 20.
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Indigenous writers to visit Orono for Maine Humanities Council retreat
The Maine Humanities Council, a statewide non-profit organization and Maine’s affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, is bringing together Mainers from across the state for its annual Readers Retreat. The public book event is set from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at the University of Maine’s Wells Conference Center, 131 […]
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Online parenting workshop available for farmers of land, sea
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is set to host its first online “Land and Water Lunchbox” session for farmers of land or sea at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 28. This drop-in session will be an informal opportunity to meet with other producers to talk about parenting children of any age while tending to the […]
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Talk to explore how nature-based recreation connects people to environment
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is set to host a talk, “From Home, to Homestead, to Woodlot, to Park: Nature-Based Recreation as a Contemporary Link Between Society and the Natural Environment,” at 3 p.m. Monday, March 18. All talks are free and offered both […]
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4-H program features farm visits, career exploration for teens
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H plans to offer its Ag Ambassador program in March and April. The program, open to all Maine teens ages 14-18, focuses on career exploration in the local food system through farm and production visits around the state and provides opportunities to build relationships with industry professionals. The Spring 2024 […]