Citizen Science
![A Project ASCO participant throws a quadrant into the air haphazardly to help with measuring the amount of rockweed in a certain area. The ocean is shown in the background, under a blue sky.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PRoject-ASCO-release-banner-600x320.jpg)
The ‘Us’ in Ecosystem
by Maya Pelletier This is a story about Maine’s rocky intertidal ecosystem. An ecosystem is a complex network of living […]
![Ocean tide exposing rocks and seaweed under a bright clear sky.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Project-ASCO-public-invited-banner--600x320.jpg)
Public Invited To Help With Rockweed Science
Winter Harbor, Maine – Schoodic Institute scientists invite the public to join them in the intertidal zone from June to […]
![View of two people walking along a wooden boardwalk in Acadia National Park, with lush green trees surrounding them. The sun is shining and blue sky is visible through the tress.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Great-Meadow-story-banner-CitSciMonth-Final-600x320.jpg)
Citizen science in the Great Meadow Wetland
by Catherine Schmitt and Seth Benz If you are rolling down the boardwalk of the Jesup Path this summer and […]
![Illustrative graphic cover art for the Sea to Trees podcast, showing illustration of a tree in the foreground, and in the background is a small cover at lowtide with the ocean's horizon line in the background. A cool color palette is used, mainly blues, grays, deep greens.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/S2T-episode-1-webstory-banner-final-600x320.jpg)
Sea to Trees: Episode 3
by Olivia Milloway Sea to Trees is a podcast that tells the stories of the science happening in and around […]
![Illustrative graphic cover art for the Sea to Trees podcast, showing illustration of a tree in the foreground, and in the background is a small cover at lowtide with the ocean's horizon line in the background. A cool color palette is used, mainly blues, grays, deep greens.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/S2T-episode-1-webstory-banner-final-600x320.jpg)
Sea to Trees: Episode 2
story by Olivia Milloway Sea to Trees is a podcast that tells the stories of the science happening in and […]
![Illustrative graphic cover art for the Sea to Trees podcast, showing illustration of a tree in the foreground, and in the background is a small cover at lowtide with the ocean's horizon line in the background. A cool color palette is used, mainly blues, grays, deep greens.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/S2T-episode-1-webstory-banner-final-600x320.jpg)
Sea to Trees: Episode 1
story by Olivia Milloway Sea to Trees is a podcast that tells the stories of the science happening in and around Acadia, […]
![Illustrative graphic cover art for the Sea to Trees podcast, showing illustration of a tree in the foreground, and in the background is a small cover at lowtide with the ocean's horizon line in the background. A cool color palette is used, mainly blues, grays, deep greens.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/S2T-for-web-post-v3-600x320.jpg)
Introducing Sea to Trees, a new podcast on science in Acadia
story by Olivia Milloway Over the last nine months as the Cathy and Jim Gero Acadia Early Career Fellow in […]
![Group of high school students walk across rocky beach on Mount Desert Island, with view of horizon and ocean in background. To the left, a school bus is parked beyond a rocky beach.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/20221027_122622-600x320.jpg)
Imagining the Future Shore with MDI High School
by Catherine Schmitt This fall and winter, we worked with students in Mount Desert Island High School’s Honors Environmental Science […]
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Dr. Michael Soukup Honored With George Hartzog Award
from National Parks Traveler The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks has honored Dr. Michael Soukup with its George Hartzog […]
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New research shows dramatic declines in Acadia National Park winter bird populations
WINTER HARBOR, MAINE – Acadia National Park’s winter bird populations have declined by nearly half since 1971, according to a […]