The Maine Agricultural Mediation Program is set to offer a 16-hour training program on Wednesdays in April for individuals interested in learning more about conflict resolution or becoming a MAMP co-mediator. The four program sessions will meet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. online via Zoom on April 3, 10, 17. The last session on […]
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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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‘Creating Community: Farming and Housing’ webinar set for March 26
GrowSmart Maine plans to host a webinar, “Creating Community: Farming and Housing,” from 4:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, March 26. This webinar will address how local communities can address this dual challenge: how can Maine’s communities promote farm viability and farmland protection through municipal planning, while also enabling housing and growth? GrowSmart Maine will speak with three […]
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Camden library to host hybrid talk by son of spies
Camden Public Library is set to host a hybrid talk by a son of spies in the 55 Main St. Picker Room at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 24. Before there was the CIA there was the Office of Strategic Services, and before the OSS there was the COI — the Coordinator of Information, established under […]
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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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Midcoast Aububon talk to cover growth of trees
Mid-Coast Audubon is set to host the next program in its nature talk series, in partnership with Camden Public Library, “The Growth of Trees” with speaker Michael Wojtech. The event, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, will take place virtually via Zoom. No single view of a tree is a fixed snapshot in time […]
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Virtual dental assisting program info session set for March 22
The University of Maine at Augusta is set to hold a virtual Expanded Functions Dental Assisting program information session at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 22. During the event attendees can learn more about the program and faculty, and students will be available to answer questions including how current dental assistants can further their careers in […]
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Downeast Trout Unlimited to host meeting about water quality in streams
Downeast Trout Unlimited plans to host David Thorne, fisheries biologist and stream habitat coordinator for the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, for a discussion of efforts to improve water quality and increase reproductive success of Brook Trout in streams impaired by acidic deposition. The hybrid meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, […]
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Retired state biologist to talk about bear monitoring program
CAMDEN — The Center for Wildlife Studies’ Wild Maine series, in partnership with the Camden Public Library, continues with a presentation by bear biologist Randy Cross, who will discuss American Black Bear monitoring in Maine. This event is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, in the Picker Room at 55 Main St., and on […]
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Online presentation to cover biocontrol research in Merrymeeting Bay
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s sixth presentation of its 27th annual Winter Speaker Series — Biocontrol Research in Merrymeeting Bay — will feature Hilary Peterson, integrated pest management specialist with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry. This event is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, via Zoom. It is accessible via hyperlink found […]