Covering 7.5 percent of Acadia National Park, lakes here are unique for their coastal mountainous setting. Scant minerals shed by…
Emerald of the hollows
To find the Quebec emerald, wait for the last week of June. From then until about the middle of August,…
The changing climate of Atlantic salmon
by Catherine Schmitt Fisheries scientists and managers convened virtually in January to learn about the latest research on salmon and…
Cycles of snow and brush
Somewhere right now, in the dense spruce-fir forest of northern Maine, a wild cat is stalking a white hare. The…
Wabanaki science in Acadia
The Wabanaki, People of the Dawn—the Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot—have lived in the Acadia region since time immemorial. Through…
American eels on the move in autumn
Fall’s cooling temperatures signal many changes. Among the least visible, but most incredible, is the migration of the American eel.…
Island Forests
Maine island forests share many characteristics with the great North Woods that stretch across the northern tier of the continent.…
Mimic nature, expect more salmon
In Maine rivers from the Androscoggin to the Dennys, Salmo salar has been on the Endangered Species List since 2000.…
The alewives are running
Maine, mid-May: abundant, explosive, pulsing with life and color. In streams and rivers still or again connected to the sea,…
A Summer of Science and Wonder
On April 19, 2021, the Mount Desert Island Historical Society launches a year-long celebration of citizen science inspired by the…
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