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A Hike Along Acadia’s Trails Shows Spring Arrives Early for Some Plants
Plants in Acadia National Park follow the spring. With each degree of temperature increase, plants bloom two to six days […]

Schools Making a Difference
Sumner Memorial High School (SMHS) students have been helping the shellfish committees in Gouldsboro and Steuben gather data to help […]

Citizen Science Day
Citizen Science Day is a national event to highlight incredible discoveries made by volunteers of all ages, and provide opportunities to […]

The Nuts & Bolts of Monitoring Ocean Conditions
On a sunny Friday in February, Marine Ecology Program Director Hannah Webber sent an automatic water monitoring instrument (SeapHOx) out […]

Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park Announces New Board Members
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park recently elected two members to its Board of Directors; Trina Wellman of Seattle, Washington, […]

2019 Public Program & Lectures Scheduled
Schoodic Institute offers programs and lectures free to the public from the Institute campus in Acadia National Park. The 2019 […]

Dr. Fisichelli Named Director of Science and Education
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Nicholas Fisichelli as Director of Science […]

Schoodic Institute Education Research: A New Take on Teacher Leadership
By Catherine Schmitt, Science Communication Specialist Over the course of his work with schools, teachers, and communities to engage students […]

Fifty Years of Counting Birds on New Year’s Day
By Catherine Schmitt, Science Communications Specialist Two-thousand nineteen dawned gray and windy, after an overnight storm of snow, sleet and […]

A Successful Season for the Downeast Phenology Trail
By Libby Orcutt, Senior Field Tech The conclusion of the 2018 season marked the end of the third year for the […]