by Catherine Schmitt Climate change is forcing national park managers into difficult decisions about how to keep parks “unimpaired” amid […]
Welcome 2021 Technicians and Interns
June 9, 2021by Hannah Webber, Marine Ecology Director First fireflies over Rockefeller field. First ripe blackberries on the Alder Trail. First meteor […]
Welcome to Development Coordinator Susi Acord
June 7, 2021Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park is pleased to announce the appointment of Susi Acord as Development Coordinator. In her […]
Birding for science on National Trails Day
June 4, 2021story + photos by Catherine Schmitt There is a long history of people watching and listening to birds on Mount […]
Help us study and celebrate Acadia’s biodiversity
June 1, 2021Acadia National Park’s forests, lakes, and coasts are changing. They are already measurably different than they were when the park […]
Getting on with the show on Cadillac Mountain
May 28, 2021An update on the Cadillac Mountain Summit Restoration effort story + photos by Catherine Schmitt Over the centuries, the highest […]
Getting to know Acadia’s bees
May 20, 2021by Catherine Schmitt On May 18, 1927, William Procter encountered a bumble bee, trapped and preserved it, and added the […]
Science in the invisible present
May 17, 2021by Nick Fisichelli Reading stories on our website or following our social media posts may have you wondering, Why is […]
A new season of science and wonder
May 14, 2021This year, as part of the Landscape of Change project, we need everyone’s help documenting birds and pollinators (butterflies, […]
Revisiting history on World Migratory Bird Day
May 7, 2021In the 1880s, the student naturalists of the Champlain Society surveyed the birds of Mount Desert Island during summer camping […]