This webinar is the first in the five-part series, Gardening for the Future, and will lay the groundwork for the rest of the series, which will cover specific resilience topics in more detail.
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Backyard composting webinar set for March 11
This workshop will help interested home composters find a system that’s right for them, whether they have a yard or a small back porch.
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4-H program features farm visits, career exploration
The 4-H Ag Ambassador program aims to help teens from all walks of life discover a future in agriculture and connect with other young people with similar goals.
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Extreme climate caused West Greenland lakes to brown
Fulbright Distinguished Arctic Scholar and University of Maine Climate Change Institute Associate Director Jasmine Saros, also a professor of paleolimnology and lake ecology with UMaine’s School of Biology and Ecology, said the rapid alteration in West Greenland’s lakes contrasts with the slow, multi-decade-long browning experienced in lakes across the Northern Hemisphere, including those in Maine.
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UMaine develops way to monitor lobster industry
This study is the latest example of how UMaine students and faculty are preserving and propelling the state’s blue economy, industries that use ocean resources for economic growth without jeopardizing the environment.
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University of Maine seeks to thwart ticks
To help landowners, the project will develop actionable recommendations on forest management as well as best practices for sharing that information, and establish a network for spreading these ideas.
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Our photographers focus on skiing, hockey, first legislative session of 2025 this week
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from Jan. 3-10, 2024
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Extension calendar celebrates farming with local art
All proceeds from the sales will support the Maine Agricultural Mediation Program and its efforts to assist farmers and promote sustainable agriculture in Maine.
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UMaine’s ‘Factory of the Future’ aims to tackle the housing crisis with 3D printing
Construction is underway on a 50,000-square-foot building in Orono that will house the university’s massive 3D printers and train students to produce houses, boats, wind turbine molds and more.
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Virtual 4-H Climate Civic Action Series begins Oct. 28
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is leading a three-part, virtual series on climate change action for ages 12-18. Sessions are set for 4:30-5:30 p.m. Mondays, Oct. 28, Nov. 14 and Nov. 11 via Zoom. Participants can learn about climate change from global and local perspectives and explore opportunities for individual action to make a […]