Covering 7.5 percent of Acadia National Park, lakes here are unique for their coastal mountainous setting. Scant minerals shed by … More
Category: Acadia National Park
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 … More
Island Forests
Maine island forests share many characteristics with the great North Woods that stretch across the northern tier of the continent. … More
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 … More
Acadia’s Moth Man
Since 2016, Frank Distefano aka “Moth Man” has documented moths with photography, contributing the images to a global database of … More
Climate Change Refugia
The climate is changing, but not everywhere the same. There are some locations, because of their topography or geography or … More
Understory: The Future Forest of Acadia
Maine is the most forested state in the nation, with more than 90 percent of the landscape covered in trees. … More
Citizen Science and the National Parks
In observance of Citizen Science Day, here’s a story co-authored with Acadia National Park Science Coordinator Abe Miller-Rushing about citizen … More
Searching for Spelman’s Birds
In the 1880s, a group of Harvard students known as the Champlain Society spent their summers on Mount Desert Island … More
Affirmation Acadia
Here is a story from the archives, first published story about the first trail hiked in Acadia after first moving … More
Catherine Schmitt 