Early Career Professionals

A group of early-career researchers, technicians, fellows, and interns gather together, arms linked, while posing for an outdoor photo on a bright day
June 23, 2025

Welcome, 2025 Early-Career Conservation Champions!

by Shannon O’Brien Our work is only possible because of many early-career professionals. These current students and recent college graduates […]

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Standing from left to right with arms linked are Abby Schill, Gillian Audier, and Julia Rush, posing for the camera in front of leafing trees and bushes
June 16, 2025

Announcing the 2025 Cathy and Jim Gero Acadia Early-Career Fellows

Winter Harbor – Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park is pleased to announce the 2025 Cathy and Jim Gero Acadia Early-Career […]

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A black-throated green warbler perches on a branch
January 23, 2025

Coastal Conversations Radio Program: How Fame Changed MacArthur’s Warblers

by Trevor Grandin In collaboration with Maine Sea Grant and The First Coast, Schoodic Institute is producing Coastal Conversations, a […]

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Graphic illustration of the Sea to Trees podcast cover artwork, featuring a cool-toned color palette and drawing of a Maine cove at low tide.
December 18, 2024

Sea to Trees: Season 3, Episode 3

by Trevor Grandin Sea to Trees is a podcast that tells the stories of the science happening in and around […]

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Earthwatch team members crouch along a boardwalk in Acadia while examining nearby plant life
November 19, 2024

We’re All Naturalists at Sieur de Monts

by Suzannah Buzzell “Welcome to Sieur de Monts” I say, handing out yellow vests to the current Earthwatch team. This […]

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Three members of the 2024 Forest Health Monitoring Crew pose for a photo on the porch of the Isle au Haut Ranger Station
September 30, 2024

Long term forest health monitoring at Isle au Haut

by Lucy Enders Isle au Haut is an island located six miles off the coast of Maine in Penobscot Bay. […]

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Sunset field work at Thompson Island
September 20, 2024

Lessons from the mud

by Zoe Brumbaugh, Scientists-in-Parks Intern It’s sunrise, approaching 5 a.m. Your brain is finally starting to wake up after the […]

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A group of young students gather together for a photo along the coastline of the Schoodic Peninsula on a foggy day
September 11, 2024

Pursuing a career in participatory sciences, from Florida to Maine

story and photos by Stephanie Letourneau, Scientists in Parks Intern “It’s happening…”, I thought to myself as I walked up […]

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Silhouetted by the setting sun, a group of people joyfully dance near the ocean.
August 15, 2024

Reflections on Home

story + photos by Eleanor Freed, Mount Holyoke College What makes a home a home? I don’t know exactly. I […]

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Lupines blooming near the ocean's shore.
July 24, 2024

The Impact of Hands-On Science Experiences for Undergraduate Students

by Shannon O’Brien In 2019, I visited Schoodic Institute as part of a University of Maine ecology field course led […]

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