Two scheduled informational sessions about the program are planned this month via Zoom.
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Friends of Merrymeeting Bay to host Trout Unlimited speaker
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s fifth presentation of its 25th annual Winter Speaker Series, “Restoring the Lower Androscoggin River,” is scheduled to feature Steve Heinz of Trout Unlimited, Maine Chapter, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9. The series presentations are being held via Zoom. To access the event, visit fomb.org. The group hosts its free series […]
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Camden club, library continue horticulture series Feb. 8
The third of the annual five-part Winter Horticulture Series, presented online in partnership with the Camden Public Library, is planned for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8. Dave Jackson and Amy Rollins who will present a Virtual Walk Through Camden. Jackson and Rollins teamed up in 2012 to present Historic Walking Tours of Camden, originally created […]
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UMaine Extension to offer soil health science course
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension plans to offer a five-session online course about soil health science for farmers and agricultural advisors from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14 through Friday, March 25. This Soil Health Short Course is designed to improve understanding of soil health science and practical management strategies, including cover […]
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UMaine Extension to host farm irrigation webinar
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension plans to host a webinar for farmers considering adding an irrigation system from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Feb. 7, according to a news release from the university. “Getting Started With Irrigation” will include how to assess current water supplies and evaluate irrigation’s cost-effectiveness, as well as options […]
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UMaine to host talk about ‘Warming Sea’ project
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine plans to host a talk by composer Lucas Richman and Maine Science Festival Director Kate Dickerson. They will discuss the collaborative effort to create “The Warming Sea” project from 3 to 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7. All talks in […]
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Camden library event to focus on wrongful imprisonment
The Camden Public Library plans to host authors Isaac Knapper and Amy Banks for an online discussion about the book they co-wrote, “Fighting Time,” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3. The book outlines the true story of Knapper’s wrongful imprisonment for the murder of University of Maine Professor Roland F. Banks, which has a Camden […]
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UMaine Extension to hold virtual wild blueberry conference
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is scheduled to host a virtual wild blueberry conference with 14 biweekly sessions from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1 through Thursday, March 17. Conference topics include weed, pest and disease management; water use and drought planning; pollinators, production and research updates; marketing and business management; updates […]
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Bath-area land trust to host talk on rainbow smelt
BATH — The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust is scheduled to host a talk by Dr. Danielle Frechette, a biologist at the Maine Department of Marine Resources, on the lives of rainbow smelt at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3. The virtual evening lecture will provide insights into the biology, ecology, behavior and natural history of the […]
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Camden Garden Club to continue Winter Horticultural Series
The second of the annual five-part Winter Horticulture Series, presented online in partnership with the Camden Public Library, is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1. Tom Seymour will present “Foraging — My Favorite Wild Edibles.” In addition to writing his garden column, From The Ground Up, for Courier Publications since the mid-1990s, Seymour is […]