Maine lakes are home to two evolutionary wonders of the animal kingdom, Arctic char and landlocked salmon, related species of … More
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Poem for a blizzard
Portland Press Herald photo MAMMOTHS by Catherine Schmitt Snow plows thunder down the street like mammoths parading before the … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
The Champlain Society Transcriptions
In the Spring 2015 issue of Friends of Acadia Journal, Maureen Fournier, a seasonal ranger for Acadia, and I describe … More
Maine’s Wild Oysters
Scientists are studying isolated oyster grounds in Maine’s Sheepscot River that may date back to the last ice age. Meanwhile, … More
On coyotes, deer…and human nature.
The essay, “The Coyote Gangs of Hope,” which appears in the Winter 2014 issue of 1966: A Journal of Creative … More
Students as conservation catalysts
This third and final (for now) article on the Champlain Society explores how students can be effective agents of change, … More
Visionary science of the “Harvard Barbarians”
The Mount Desert Island Historical Society asked me to write an article about The Champlain Society for the 2014 issue … More
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