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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Virtual 4-H Climate Civic Action Series begins Oct. 28

After 304 days in the ER, Bingham girl finally gets a home

Abby Bedard, 13, spent 10 months at the Redington-Fairview General Hospital emergency department – a stay that highlights the shortage in Maine services for children with disabilities.

Orono center to host talk about ocean industries Sept. 30

All talks in the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability Talks series, which feature speakers from diverse backgrounds, are free and are offered both remotely via Zoom and in person in 107 Norman Smith Hall at UMaine.