Wild Acadia
![Shiny green meadow sedges and grasses stretch out into the distance with mountains on the horizon](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20220801_094333-600x320.jpg)
February 2, 2023
The Meaning of a Meadow
story + photos by Catherine Schmitt Between the mountains of Acadia are valleys, where the last great glacier ground away […]
![Rocks and trees on the summit of Cadillac on a foggy day.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20220527_092557-600x320.jpg)
July 1, 2022
Restoring the summit: 2022 update
story + photos by Catherine Schmitt The long-running effort to restore the summits of Cadillac and other mountains continues. Decades […]
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March 14, 2022
Five Years of Crowdsourcing Biodiversity Data
by Seth Benz At Schoodic Institute, we believe that science is for everyone, and that everyone can contribute to science. […]
![A view upstream along the Maple Spring Trail. A black rope with yellow caution tape is strung from a tree across the trail with signs indicating closure due to storm damage.](https://schoodicinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/trail-closure-schmitt-600x320.jpg)
November 23, 2021
Climate change means difficult decisions in Acadia
by Catherine Schmitt Early in the morning on Wednesday, June 9, rain began to fall. It had been hot, and […]
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September 9, 2021
BioBlitz Thursdays at Sieur de Monts
A BioBlitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying species within a certain area within a particular time. […]
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May 28, 2021
Getting on with the show on Cadillac Mountain
An update on the Cadillac Mountain Summit Restoration effort story + photos by Catherine Schmitt Over the centuries, the highest […]