Books

Where to buy? Your local bookstore, or bookshop.org.

Trees of Acadia: The Past, Present, and Future of Park Forests (Down East, 2026). Now available for pre-order.


Historic Acadia National Park (Lyons Press, 2016). Stories of the natural and cultural history of Acadia National Park, including Wabanaki relations, geology, plants, scientific inquiry, art, tourism, navigation, advertisement, and how the park came to be. Part of a series in honor of the national parks centennial.


The President’s Salmon: Restoring the King of Fish and its Home Waters (Down East, 2015). An environmental history of the Penobscot River and natural history of Atlantic salmon told through the “Presidential Salmon” tradition of giving the year’s first wild salmon caught on the fly to the President of the United States.


A Coastal Companion: A Year in the Gulf of Maine from Cape Cod to Canada (Tilbury House, 2008/Down East, 2023). An almanac for the Gulf of Maine watershed, with entries for every day of the year on natural history, seasonal events, historical moments, and people of the coast. Featuring poems by 12 Maine poets and illustrated by Kimberleigh Martul-March and Margaret Campbell.