In April I traveled to Texas to coordinate a science communication workshop for National Park Service and other federal agency…
Changing the language of land
Some thoughts on how we talk about the world around us – words that are, at the very least, overused,…
Discoveries
Scientists like to use the word discover, as if they suddenly know something that has never been known, witnessed, thought…
Northern White Cedar
Some things are so familiar, so common, that they are often overlooked. Such is the case with northern white cedar…
A new age of barnacles
Do you know where you belong? How do you decide to “settle down” and make a home? For answers, consider…
Tracking the health of Acadia’s lakes
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…
Catherine Schmitt 