News
- 5/21/2020: Commissioner Beal calls on USDA to reopen bidding process and rectify challenges of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program
- 5/20/2020: Get Outside for Physical and Mental Wellbeing but do it Safely.
- 5/20/2020: COVID-19 Related Camping & Day-use Updates
- 5/19/2020: 13 ways to participate, through May 23, Arbor Week, EAB Awareness Week and NISAW
- 5/18/2020: Invasive Trifecta, May 18-22: Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week, Arbor Week, and National Invasive Species Awareness Week
Events
- July 11, 2020 : Kids Dig Colonial Pemaquid! A Mystery Awaits, Become a History Sleuth on July 11th! - Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site
- July 25, 2020 : 17th Century Encampment - Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site
- July 26, 2020 : 17th Century Encampment - Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site
- August 8, 2020 : Kids Dig Colonial Pemaquid! A Mystery Awaits, Become a History Sleuth on August 8th! - Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site
Public Meetings
- May 29, 2020 : Maine State Harness Racing Commission Meeting
- June 5, 2020 : Board of Pesticides Control Meeting
- June 12, 2020 : CANCELLED: Allagash Wilderness Waterway Advisory Council Meeting
- June 18, 2020 - June 19, 2020: Maine Milk Commission Meeting
- June 19, 2020 : Forest Legacy Committee Meeting
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?
