News
- 1/5/2017: Agricultural Trades Show highlights LOCAL, QUALITY, SUSTAINABLE Maine foods!
- 12/22/2016: Pets and Holidays!
- 12/8/2016: State Inspectors Search for Skimmers
- 12/5/2016: Winter Camping in the Allagash
- 11/30/2016: Expansion of Search for Invasive Forest Pests Announced
Events
- January 8, 2017 : Plants Alive in a Cold World at Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park
- January 10, 2017 - January 12, 2017: 76th Annual Agricultural Trades Show
- January 15, 2017 : Winter Birds at Wolfe's Neck Woods
- January 21, 2017 : Winter Family Fun / Take It Outside! at Cobscook Bay State Park
- January 22, 2017 : Casco Bay Walk at Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park
- January 28, 2017 : Animal Tracking on Snowshoes at Wolfe's Neck Woods
- January 29, 2017 : Animal Tracking on Snowshoes at Wolfe's Neck Woods
Public Meetings
- January 11, 2017: Board of Pesticides Control—Public Forum and Board Meeting
- January 11, 2017: LUPC - No Meeting Scheduled
- January 19, 2017: Animal Welfare Advisory Council
- January 20, 2017: Maine MIlk Commission Monthly Meeting
- January 25, 2017: Land for Maine's Future Appraisal Oversight Committee
- January 26, 2017: Public Meeting - Proposed Plan Amendments: Western Mountains Region
- February 8, 2017: LUPC Commission Meeting (Snow Date: February 10, 2017)
Business & Technical Assistance
Did you know...
...that Maine is the third largest producer of Maple Syrup in the nation?
...that over 24 Trillion Gallons of rain falls on Maine each year? 50% runs off into streams and rivers, 40% evaporates, 10% infiltrates, and only 1 billion gallons, or .004% is used by farmers as irrigation water. Go to our irrigation site.
...that Popham Beach provided much of the backdrop for the 1999 hit movie "Message in a Bottle", starring Paul Newman, Kevin Costner, and Robin Wright Penn?
...that there are 26 Agricultural Fairs throughout the State of Maine? View Agricultural Fairs Schedule
...that in 2011, the SyFy channel's popular "Ghost Hunters" show visited Fort Knox State Historic Site?
...that the first cows to come to America were off-loaded at what is now Vaughan Woods State Park in South Berwick?
