As part of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory’s Art Meets Science Cafe series, I presented a history of artists … More
Tag: Mount Desert Island
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
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
Influenced by Nature
In May 1871, Charles William Eliot had been president of Harvard College barely two years, and a widower just as … More
The Champlain Society
The origins of conservation on Mount Desert Island can be traced to a clear, cold night in March 1880, when … More
The Snowy Owls of Acadia
This article appeared in the Winter 2012 issue of Friends of Acadia Journal. Winter in Acadia: bare limbs of beech … More
Catherine Schmitt 