Given the Champlain Society’s contributions to Acadia National Park and the broader worlds of science and conservation, its no wonder…
Creature Feature: American Shad
Shad look like the “perfect” fish: forked tail, tapered body, and silvery all over, with a dark spot just behind…
Art Meets Science on Mount Desert Island
As part of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory’s Art Meets Science Cafe series, I presented a history of artists…
Books for Acadia’s Centennial Year
Acadia National Park and the National Park Service celebrate their 100th anniversary in 2016. In observance and celebration, many books…
Historic Acadia National Park
Celebrate the new book, published by Lyons Press as part of a series for the National Parks’ 100th anniversary, in…
An Interview with NBC WCSH 6
In late April, I talked with Rob Caldwell about salmon and the Penobscot on the banks of the river next…
The Secret Life of Eels
OTHER MIGRATORY FISH get more attention than the American eel. Salmon is the king of fish; the alewife, the fish…
Reviews of The President’s Salmon
The President’s Salmon was released last July, but the first reviews in print are appearing now. The first was in…
An Interview with Paul Greenberg
Paul Greenberg is the author of American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood and Four Fish: The Future of…
An Oyster Story
Each variety of oyster—that craggy and somewhat mysterious shellfish—has a story to tell. But every oyster story must first include…
Catherine Schmitt 