The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole is in the planning phase of a $3 million upgrade, which will include rebuilding the boat ramp, renovating the center’s flowing seawater laboratory, and upgrading the pump system that provides water from the tidal river to the lab. DMC officials hope […]
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Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper published a University of Maine Darling Marine Center news release about the center’s director being recognized for public service. Heather Leslie received the Outstanding Public Service Award from UMaine’s College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture. The award was presented at the college’s annual Celebration of Excellence. “Exemplary teaching, research […]
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Members of local land trusts and municipal conservation and planning committees attended a recent vernal pool conservation workshop led by wetland ecologist Aram Calhoun at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center. Calhoun, a UMaine professor of wetland ecology and conservation, opened the workshop with a primer on the ecology of vernal pools and their […]
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The Associated Press spoke with Rick Wahle, a research professor at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, for the article, “Lobster industry fears weaker shells but evidence is mixed.” U.S. lobster exports to Asian countries have increased exponentially this decade, and American shippers prefer lobsters with hard, sturdy shells to survive the journey, according […]
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Reports in recent years that marine protected areas (MPAs) aren’t effective in saving coral reefs from the damaging effects of global climate change have led some to argue that such expensive interventions are futile. But a study that spanned 700 kilometers of the eastern Caribbean reveals that MPAs can, indeed, help coral reefs. Robert Steneck, […]
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Business Standard, The Times of India, Earth.com and Environmental News Network (ENN) reported on research led by Robert Steneck, a professor of marine biology at the University of Maine, that found marine protected areas can help protect coral reefs from the damaging effects of global climate change. Steneck, who has spent much of his 40-year […]
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The University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole will offer an intensive, hands-on shellfish farming workshop June 25–29. The “Applied Methods in Shellfish Farming Workshop” is intended to familiarize participants with practical approaches to cultivate molluscs — including oysters, mussels, clams and scallops. Attendees will learn about hatchery methods and upweller and nursery systems, […]
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Dr. Heather Leslie, a Libra associate professor in the School of Marine Sciences and director of the Darling Marine Center, was awarded the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture at the University of Maine’s 2018 Outstanding Public Service Award. The award was presented at the college’s annual Celebration of Excellence on April 18. The […]
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The University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture honored 24 undergraduate students for academic excellence, as well as eight graduate students and three faculty members at its annual celebration of excellence on Wednesday, April 18 at the University of Maine’s Wells Conference Center. Undergraduate student award recipients are: Frank B. & Charles […]
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Maine Public spoke with Rick Wahle, a research professor at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, for the report, “New research shows ‘strong correlation’ between baby lobster decline, possible food source.” Joshua Carloni, a research scientist in New Hampshire’s Fish and Game Division, recently wanted to explore why, at a time when the waters […]
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