The announcement came one week after Gov. Janet Mills sparred publicly with President Donald Trump at the White House about his executive order on transgender athletes. There is no indication that any of the other 33 Sea Grant programs around the country are facing funding cuts — at least for now.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told the University of Maine late Friday night that it was discontinuing its funding for the Maine Sea Grant. The Maine Sea Gra

Maine's program is the only 1 of 34 nationwide that has lost its funding so far, and the move comes on the heels of the president's threat to cut Maine's federal funding.

The Trump administration’s abrupt decision to terminate over $4.5 million in federal funding for the Maine Sea Grant program has raised alarms.