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Climate Change and National Parks: Beyond Resistance
by Catherine Schmitt Climate change is forcing national park managers into difficult decisions about how to keep parks “unimpaired” amid […]

Welcome 2021 Technicians and Interns
by Hannah Webber, Marine Ecology Director First fireflies over Rockefeller field. First ripe blackberries on the Alder Trail. First meteor […]

Welcome to Development Coordinator Susi Acord
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park is pleased to announce the appointment of Susi Acord as Development Coordinator. In her […]

Birding for science on National Trails Day
story + photos by Catherine Schmitt There is a long history of people watching and listening to birds on Mount […]

Help us study and celebrate Acadia’s biodiversity
Acadia National Park’s forests, lakes, and coasts are changing. They are already measurably different than they were when the park […]

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 […]

Getting to know Acadia’s bees
by Catherine Schmitt On May 18, 1927, William Procter encountered a bumble bee, trapped and preserved it, and added the […]

Science in the invisible present
by Nick Fisichelli Reading stories on our website or following our social media posts may have you wondering, Why is […]

A new season of science and wonder
This year, as part of the Landscape of Change project, we need everyone’s help documenting birds and pollinators (butterflies, […]

Warblers Will Arrive, But It May Take Some Patience
Here is a comparison of warbler arrival dates by week for Acadia National Park’s two districts (MDI and Schoodic). Today May 8 is designated as the Global Big Day. It would be a good day for you to go afield and see if the warblers comply with your expectations.