Second Century Stewardship

Alex Cisneros Carey, Restoration Research Associate at Schoodic Institute, crouches down near a mountain summit in Acadia while taking notes and observing an experimental vegetation plot.
September 4, 2024

Proposals Requested for Research in Acadia National Park

Protecting Acadia’s environmental and cultural heritage in today’s rapidly changing world demands high-quality, forward-looking science, greater access to and engagement […]

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Photo banner consisting of two images. At left: Peter Howe, research fellow, paddles a canoe on a lake while smiling at the camera. At right: Maris Monroe, research fellow, smiles at the camera with a sunset view of a lake and treeline behind her.
April 9, 2024

Schoodic Institute announces 2024 Acadia Science Fellows

Researchers to monitor amphibian movements and map forest change in Acadia National Park WINTER HARBOR – Two scientists have been awarded […]

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Caroline Kanaskie conducting research among the pines.
January 8, 2024

Why I do what I do

by Caroline Kanaskie, Second Century Stewardship Fellow I am a Ph.D. student studying earth and environmental science at the University […]

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Photo of 2 researchers on a summit in Acadia National Park collecting samples at dawn.
September 21, 2023

New fellowships for scientific research in Acadia National Park

Protecting Acadia’s environmental and cultural heritage in today’s rapidly changing world demands high-quality, forward-looking science, greater access to and engagement […]

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At right are two headshots of the 2023 Second Century Stewardship fellows, overlaid on a background image of blurred green leaves.
May 4, 2023

Announcing the 2023 Second Century Stewardship Fellows

New research on southern pine beetle, small mammals in Acadia National Park Two scientists have been awarded fellowships to conduct […]

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collage of images of researchers in the field, including two on a lake in an inflatable raft, one coring a tree, two sitting at the edge of a lake, and one collecting insects in the woods
August 30, 2022

Proposals requested for 2023 research fellowships

The partners of Second Century Stewardship have announced the Request for Proposals for fellowships to support research in Acadia National […]

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January 14, 2022

New Acadia Early-Career Fellowships

Through the generous support of Catherine and James Gero, the National Park Service, Schoodic Institute, and the National Park Foundation […]

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December 20, 2021

Wabanaki Science in Acadia

Second Century Stewardship Fellow Dr. Bonnie Newsom and students Natalie Dana-Lolar and Isaac St. John authored an article in a […]

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October 20, 2021

Modeling, visualizing, and communicating storms + sea-level rise

Building on our previous project to communicate the impacts of extreme storms known as nor’easters, Schoodic Institute is part of […]

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August 31, 2021

Empathy, agency, imagination: the 2021 Goldstein Lecture

by Catherine Schmitt The pace of global change wrought by increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continues to […]

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