Citizen Science

Close-up profile view of a wild turkey.
June 29, 2023

Wild turkeys on the rise

by Seth Benz + Kyle Lima If you’ve spent any time in Maine within the last decade, there’s a very […]

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An adult Azure Darner dragonfly at Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. Citizen scientists across the country are at work on a project to measure mercury in dragonflies/NPS
June 14, 2023

Dragonflies: The Canaries For Mercury In National Parks

from National Parks Traveler; written by Catherine Schmitt Editor’s note: Back in 2009 the University of Maine and the Schoodic […]

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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.
May 9, 2023

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 […]

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Ocean tide exposing rocks and seaweed under a bright clear sky.
April 17, 2023

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 […]

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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.
April 12, 2023

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 […]

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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.
March 23, 2023

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 […]

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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.
March 16, 2023

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 […]

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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.
March 9, 2023

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, […]

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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.
February 23, 2023

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 […]

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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.
January 20, 2023

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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