University of Maine Cooperative Extension plans to host a two-part online informational session for adults interested in becoming Maine 4-H volunteers. The sessions are set for 6-7 p.m. on Wednesdays, May 22 and 29. “Start Your 4-H Volunteer Journey” aims to provide participants with information about the UMaine Extension 4-H youth development program through four […]
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Spring webinars offered on managing farm risk
The Maine Farmer Resource Network, University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry plan to offer Managing Farm Risk, a spring webinar series for commercial farmers. These webinars will begin at 10 a.m. Fridays starting April 26, and run through May 31. The full agenda is available at extension.umaine.edu. Topics […]
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Mid-Coast Audubon to offer ‘Journeys in Listening: Birds and More’ program
Mid-Coast Audubon is set to host the next program in its nature talk series, in partnership with Camden Public Library, “Journeys in Listening: Birds and More from Acadia and Beyond” with speaker Laura Sebastianelli. The event is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, and will take place virtually via Zoom. Sebastianelli is a naturalist […]
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Webinar to cover jumping worms, browntail moths
University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Bangor Public Library are set to host a free webinar at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, featuring two pressing ecological concerns impacting local landscapes: jumping worms and browntail moths. State Horticulturist Gary Fish will outline how jumping worms have been confirmed in 13 of 16 Maine counties, how […]
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Talk on South Africa’s water-related challenges set for April 15
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine is set to host a talk, “Doing Research with Society: Addressing complex water-related challenges in South Africa,” at 3 p.m. on Monday, April 15. All talks in the Sustainability Talks series are free and offered both remotely via Zoom […]
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Pine Tree Camp in Rome to host info session for parents of children with disabilities
Attendees can get a first-hand look at the campus, experience the wide array of fully accessible programming and participate in a live Q&A.
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Expert, author to talk about foraging for edible gilled mushrooms
The Camden Public Library, in partnership with the Maine Mycological Association, is set to host mushroom expert Greg Marley at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 13, for a presentation on foraging for edible gilled mushrooms. Many people are advised to avoid the mushrooms that have gills as a number of toxic species also have gills. Marley’s […]
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Extension launches volunteer management micro-credential for beginners
University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in partnership with Volunteer Maine, has launched online training for individuals getting started in a volunteer management role. Three self-paced courses make up the Introductory Volunteer Management micro-credential. Level one, which takes about four hours to complete, provides an overview of what a volunteer manager does and explores aspects of […]
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Raptor program director to give Zoom talk on bald eagles
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s seventh presentation of its 27th annual Winter Speaker Series, “Bald Eagles; Recovery, Research & Conservation,” features Chris DeSorbo, director of the Raptor Program at Biodiversity Research Institute. The event is set for at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10. Winter Speaker Series presentations are held via Zoom and are accessible at fomb.org. […]
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Astronomer to offer course on eclipses April 6
The Camden Public Library plans to prepare for the Monday, April 8, solar eclipse by hosting the director of the University of Southern Maine’s Southworth Planetarium, Edward Herrick-Gleason. He will offer a crash course on all things eclipse at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 6, via Zoom. Attendees also will get a preview of the entire […]