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December 11, 2024

Acadia’s… Alpine?

by Catherine Schmitt Walking along the craggy spine of Whiteface Mountain in the Adirondacks, looking down at the three-toothed cinquefoil […]

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Margie Patlak leans close to a small plant while holding a cell phone to take a photo
December 9, 2024

Citizen Science Toolkit Now Available

by Hannah Webber Engaging more people in science is exciting and fun, especially when they come from diverse backgrounds. But […]

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November 26, 2024

It Takes a Community (or Two) to Save a Summit

Schoodic Institute scientists are developing new restoration methods to protect Acadia National Park amidst rapid climate change. As Dr. Chris […]

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Front entrance of the Welcome Center at Rockefeller Hall on a bright, sunny day
November 21, 2024

Welcome Center at Rockefeller Hall Season Summary

by Megan Moshier In its busiest season ever, our Welcome Center at Rockefeller Hall greeted more than 31,000 visitors this […]

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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.
November 20, 2024

Sea to Trees: Season 3, Episode 2

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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Two research technicians weigh rockweed in a bundle while sitting among the seaweed of the low tide
November 14, 2024

Teamwork and the Rockweed Burrito

by Natalia Portales We are sifting through rockweed like combing through hair, trying to find the holdfast, where the seaweed is […]

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The Atlantic ocean peeps through the trees along the Schoodic Peninsula coast
November 12, 2024

With poetry and science, revising the language of land

by Catherine Schmitt This story was originally published by Maine Audubon in the Winter 2024 issue of Habitat. The other […]

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Sphagnum moss next to a boardwalk
November 7, 2024

Bogs, moss, and boardwalk thoughts

by Sekou Noble-Kuchera I often have realizations when walking on boardwalks. One afternoon, noticing the damp moss lining the Orono […]

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October 24, 2024

Untangling Conservation’s Complicated Roots

by Catherine Schmitt Beginning in the late nineteenth century, environmental, social, and demographic changes prompted both a conservation movement (to […]

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