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Please join us to welcome Dean Powers to UMD and AGNR. There are several location and dates for you to join us at, check the calendar to see dates and location. Please register with link provided.

Please join us to welcome Dean Powers to UMD and AGNR. There are several location and dates for you to join us at, check the calendar to see dates and location. Please register with link provided.

Please join us to welcome Dean Powers to UMD and AGNR. There are several location and dates for you to join us at, check the calendar to see dates and location. Please register with link provided.

Please join us to welcome Dean Powers to UMD and AGNR. There are several location and dates for you to join us at, check the calendar to see dates and location. Please register with link provided.

Wild bees play a critical role globally in pollination.  This presentation will examine wild bees generally, illustrating their characteristics, their importance in the food chain, and the challenges they currently face in this changing world.  As a group, we will discuss recommendations on how to support these key pollinators and how to make your landscapes more bee-friendly.

Women in Ag and Annie's Project enthusiasts come together to tour the Upper Eastern Shore area.

Cost: $25.00 per person for the tour to include lunch.

Tentative Schedule

8:05 Leave Millington Park & Ride - 31787 Howard Johnson Road, Millington, MD 21651

9:15 Arrive at Fair Hill Training Center - 719 Training Center Drive, Elkton, MD 21921

10:45 Leave Fair Hill training center

11:00 Arrive at Milburn - 1495 Appleton Rd, Elkton, MD 21921

11:15-12:30 Milburn Tour

12:30 Lunch at Milburn

1:45 Load Bus

2:00 Leave Milburn

2:45 Stop 3 - TBD

3:45 Load Bus

4:00 Leave Stop 3
4:30 Millington Park & Ride

Notice of Filming and Photography - When you attend this event, you enter an area where photography, audio, and video recording may occur. By attending this event, you consent to such recording media and its release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction.

University programs, activities, and facilities are available to all without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, national origin, political affiliation, physical or mental disability, religion, protected veteran status, genetic information, personal appearance, or any other legally protected class.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in any event or activity, please contact Kate Welch at the Talbot County Extension Office at 410-822-1244 by September 18, 2025.

Join us as we celebrate the incredible diversity of insects through fun, hands-on learning for all ages. Whether you are fascinated by bugs or just a little curious, this event is designed to be welcoming and inclusive for everyone. We recognize that people have a wide range of experiences and comfort levels with insects—and that is okay! Our goal is to help you explore your personal connection with these animals and leave with a new appreciation for the vital role they play in our world.

This free, family-friendly event will take place indoors and outdoors at the Harriet Tubman Cultural Center in Columbia, MD. The event will feature the University of Maryland Insect Zoo, insect crafts and hands-on activities, educational displays, and local environmental education groups including the University of Maryland Extension Master Gardener Program, the Community Ecology Institute, and more!

A twilight tour at Wye Research and Education Center. Featuring an insecticide study on tomatoes, weed management on watermelon test plots, ginger production, and drone work in a sweet corn field. The event is free to attend.

Learn how to identify some common poisonous plants, avoid plant poisoning, react if someone eats a poisonous plant, and understand benefits to humans of some poisonous plants.

June 10: Health Insurance Management, build up your skills to better understand, manage, resolve, and avoid health cost conflicts.
June 17: MIND Diet, nutrition for better brain health
June 24: Emotional Grief, managing grief and loss through narrative
July 1: Kitchen Eye Spy, learn best practices to save food and maintain your health