Forest Ecology
![Close-up view of lingonberry, an often seen companion on trails in Acadia and a hardy, evergreen shrub that thrives in cool, boreal environments.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Lingonberry-600x320.jpg)
Schoodic Signals: Lingonberry
story + photos by Trevor Grandin Adages from Shakespeare’s library of classical works are everywhere in the modern day. The […]
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Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Future Forests
by Catherine Devine, 2023 Cathy and Jim Gero Acadia Early-Career Fellow What happens to science when the science is done? […]
![Pitch pines growing near the summit of Dorr Mountain in Acadia National Park.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Coastal-Conversations-600x320.jpg)
Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Changing Acadia
story by Catherine Devine, 2023 Cathy and Jim Gero Acadia Early-Career Fellow Some very exciting news! Schoodic Institute, in collaboration […]
![Alpine vegetation on the summit of a mountain in Acadia National Park as the sun rises.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Alpine-Management-Workshop-600x320.jpg)
Acadia’s Summit Restoration Project is Looking Up (and West)
by Chris Nadeau, Climate Change Adaptation Scientist I was astonished the first time I visited Cadillac Mountain, but not just […]
![A member of Acadia National Park’s Vegetation Crew manages a browntail moth web.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mothspotting-2024-600x320.jpg)
Mothspotting
A glimpse into non-native species management story + photos by Catherine Devine, 2023 Cathy and Jim Gero Acadia Early-Career Fellow […]
![Researcher Caroline Kanaskie measures a pitch pine on Dorr Mountain in Acadia National Park.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Pitch-Pines-banner-1-600x320.jpg)
In the pines with Caroline Kanaskie
by Catherine Devine, photos by Catherine Schmitt Caroline Kanaskie hiked up Dorr Mountain with an even gate. It was clear […]
![Sunlight shines on several sundew leaves and moss.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Sundew-bog-story-600x320.jpg)
In the den of sundew
story + photos by Ella Halbert This July, I found myself squashing through a bed of sphagnum moss in Schoodic […]
![A group of scientists, researchers, and volunteers help to plant tree seedlings on the Schoodic Institute campus.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Extreme-trees-600x320.jpg)
Extreme Trees – how do you manage the future forest?
by Catherine Devine, photos by Catherine Schmitt Stretching from Maine through New York, the Northern Forest is home to 2.3 […]
![View of forest tress and forest floor with sun shining.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Healthy-park-forest-600x320.jpg)
Fewer deer and invasive plants make for healthy park forests
New study analyzes condition of forests in 39 Eastern national parks Most forests in national parks in the eastern United […]
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What a climate station can teach us about Acadian forests
by Olivia Milloway In July of 2021, a group of teachers from Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire traded in their […]