AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee voted unanimously this week to advance a bill sponsored by Rep. Stanley Paige Zeigler, D-Montville, that would address per-…
Agriculture
application deadline Monday, March 7
ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Heritage Trust, a state-wide land conservation organization, is offering teens ages 14-18 paid internships through the Teen Ag Crew program at Erickson Fields Preserve (164…
Graduating seniors from Maine high schools who are National FFA (Future Farmers of America) Organization members and interested in pursuing a career in farming, agriculture, or natural resources…
Follow the Four R’s to Knock Out Browntail Moth
AUGUSTA — February 2022 has been recognized as Browntail Moth Awareness Month in Maine to encourage people to take advantage of the dormant season of the insect and join together to…
ALNA — Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is collaborating with Midcoast Conservancy to offer a program on pruning techniques needed to keep your apple trees productive, on…
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer an online workshop for youth ages 12–18 years about marshlands and climate change, Wednesday, Feb. 23, from 1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
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14 biweekly sessions
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a virtual wild blueberry conference with 14 biweekly sessions Feb. 1 – March 17, from 4 – 6 p.m.
Conference topics include weed, pest…
AUGUSTA — Rep. Stanley Paige Zeigler, D-Montville, introduced a bill before the Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee that would address per-and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS)…
local governments, municipalities, educational institutions, and nonprofits
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Maine Forest Service (MFS) Project Canopy community forestry program will award up to $175,000 in grants to local…
Local Agricultural Production, Create Jobs, Support Local Food Production, Benefit Rural Maine Communities
During a virtual workshop held by the Maine Agricultural Trades Show, January 12, 2022, USDA Rural Development State Director Rhiannon C. Hampson announced that ten Maine agricultural producers…
BELFAST— This winter, the Belfast Garden Club Evening Lecture Series co-sponsored by the All of Belfast Climate Dialogues, a project of the Belfast Free Library, will focus on the effects of the…
BROOKS—As Marsh River Cooperative’s manager Matthew McKillop will tell you, “You’d be surprised to know there’s a lot going on in Brooks.”
A tiny town in Waldo County with a population of…
ORONO — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about…
ORONO— The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an online workshop about best practices for winter care of equines from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on…
From Washington, D.C.
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree has announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded a $500,000 grant to…
ST. GEORGE — The St. George Conservation Commission has been awarded a Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grant in the amount of $120,000 for the Fort Point Trail Rehabilitation Project.
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ROCKLAND — As part of the Mills Administration's …
birds, deer, furbearers, moose
From focused harvest data to research and management updates, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's Research and Management Report has released its comprehensive look at how wildlife…
report tree conditions, varieties, stumps; solicit locations for new trees
Tree Volunteers for Camden, a group of Camden citizens, are moving forward with an initiative to repopulate the town with trees, and increase the number of trees planted annually. The group is…
LINCOLNVILLE — Several volunteers helped with brush work on Cameron Mountain, Saturday, Dec 4, 2021. This was part of an ongoing effort to maintain the fields so they don’t get lost and keep the…
remaining wild woodland
WALDOBORO — On November 15, Midcoast Conservancy accepted a donation of the 51.7 acre Goose River Woodland Preserve, in Waldoboro, from Luther Black.
“This land was given to me for the…
Maine’s only native true rabbit
The New England cottontail (NEC) is Maine’s only native true rabbit, and was once common in southern Maine, according to Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, in a news release.…
by serving rural schools across Maine, thousands of students and families can soon improve nutritional health and knowledge of agriculture
ORONO — A new Maine Farm to School Institute for rural middle and high schools will focus on promoting and sourcing local food, and educating students about what they eat.
The U.S.…
7,600 farms in Maine, and all getting more resourceful
HOPE – The blueberry barrens were abuzz Monday afternoon at Brodis Blueberries with a visit from Governor Janet Mills to announce the state is using $20 million in federal relief funds to directly…
Glenda Pereira has been named assistant Extension professor and statewide dairy specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension. She also is an assistant professor of animal science with…
for youth ages 8 - 19
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer an online information session on the Maine 4-H chapter of the Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP) Tuesday, Oct. 26, from 6:30 - 7:30…
earn pesticide recertification credit and CCA credit
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two research updates for the agricultural industry online Wednesday, Oct. 13, from 7 – 8 p.m.
“Potato Virus Y (PVY) and the 2020 Growing…
October is Firewood Awareness Month
In recognition of October being Firewood Awareness Month, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry asks: what's in your firewood? Maybe the next…
A new $10 million grant will bolster research into algae-based feed supplements that could increase environmental sustainability in the dairy industry…
expanding their audience statewide
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is again offering a virtual exhibit hall to showcase some of this year’s work by Maine 4-H members.
While some fairs did take place this year…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District invites the public to its 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting and Conservation Awards Celebration on Wednesday, October 20, from 5:30 – 8 p.m. Join…
‘trails through spectacular open wild blueberry fields where the view grows more stunning as you climb.’
HANCOCK COUNTY — On September 22, 2021, The Conservation Fund announced its acquisition of the 336-acre Wallamatogus Mountain property in the town…
future accessibility to the public for hiking and hunting
Last week, Midcoast Conservancy purchased a high priority 57-acre addition to its Reverend Joseph Barth Memorial Demonstration and Experimental Forest from Nick and Sandra Barth. Reverend Joseph…
Farm-related entities in Androscoggin, Aroostook, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset and Waldo counties that have suffered financial losses as a result of the drought…
This year, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will present its eleventh annual Heafitz lecture, “Planting Your Path,” with Abra Lee, online and in-person at the Gardens, Aug. 12, 2-3:30 p.m.
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Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
A new $5 million grant will support the efforts of Bigelow Laboratory scientists to reduce methane emission by cattle — one of the largest human-caused sources of the greenhouse gas. The…
With Maine’s blueberry season just around the corner, Governor Janet Mills declared August 7-8, 2021 as Maine’s first annual Wild Blueberry Weekend.
The Governor made the announcement…
Town of Lincolnville now owns a 4.34-acre park, Land Trust now owns a 68.8-acre property
LINCOLNVILLE — Coastal Mountains Land Trust and the Town of Lincolnville have finalized an exchange of two properties, creating a new Town Park and conserving wildlife habitat along the Ducktrap…
building a high-quality hiking trail, rebuilding a bridge, and adding signage
SEARSPORT — Coastal Mountains Land Trust has acquired a 25-acre property along Mill Brook, just minutes away from town off the Mount Ephraim Road, thanks to a generous…
ROCKPORT — The “Blues” will be ready early this year. Coastal Mountains Land Trust invites the public to participate in the 19th annual free blueberry pick.
“As we did last year, instead of…
AUGUSTA — Two bills sponsored by State Representative Bill Pluecker, I-Warren, to help farmers with contaminated farmland and to protect existing farmland have been signed into law.
LD 558…
AUGUSTA — Two bills sponsored by State Representative Bill Pluecker (I-Warren) were signed into law this week by Governor Janet Mills.
LD 870, Resolve, “Directing the Permanent Commission…
WALDOBORO — A way to support local farmers, growers and fisherman in Waldoboro will be open to the public on Mondays, from 3 - 6 p.m., from June 7 to October 25, at the Long Cove Farmer's Market…
‘a perfect fit’
UNION — The field adjacent to the new Come Spring Food Pantry building, located at 27 Common Road in Union, is now the home of the Union Farmers Market.
Operating each Friday from 3 - 6 p.…
The following is a transcript of a radio address presented by Governor Janet Mills:
Maine’s farmers are near and dear to my heart and to my administration. You know, my…
sustainably address the persistent food security and food waste challenges facing Maine communities
Researchers at the University of Maine and the University of Maine Farmington (UMF) have received a grant of $29,996 to facilitate development of a circular food system that promotes value-added…
aquaponic systems and design, fish husbandry, aquaponic gardening, cooking and nutrition
University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is partnering with the University of Maine Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research and UMaine Aquaculture Research Institute to offer a…
João Bentes, of the Apprenticeshop, has a vision
Imagine reinvigorating a marine tradition that brings together Georges River Land Trust, the Apprenticeshop and Portugal, a country whose seafaring culture is at risk of being lost.
João…
photosynthesis decline, water loss increase when air temperatures exceeded 22 and 25 degrees Celsius
Orono, Maine — Wild blueberry fields in Down East Maine are warming faster than the state as a whole, according to a new University of Maine study on the effects of climate change on the barrens…
