Coyote - Americas Songdog Sunday, July 25, 2010 Geri Vistein, a Conservation Biologist in Maine, will offer an interactive and visual presentation, "Coyote - America’s Songdog," at 7 PM on Wednesday, July 28, at Moore Auditorium on the Schoodic Education and Research Center campus. The focus of Ms. Vistein's work is carnivores and humans ~ re-creating relationships that have been lost to us. Her talk will touch on coyote’s long history on the North American continent, coyote’s relationship with Native peoples and the European Americans, coyote’s complex relationship with the life of Maine’s ecosystems, and coyote’s relationship with us. She will speak about coexistence skills for those who raise domestic animals or crops. Read full article: 'Coyote - Americas Songdog' (1072 bytes more)

Changing Our Name: Acadia Partners For Learning and Science Becomes the Schoodic Education and Research Center Institute Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Acadia Partners for Science and Learning is changing its name and will begin operating as the ‘Schoodic Education and Research Center Institute’ -- or ‘SERC Institute’ for short. SERC Institute does a better job of communicating who we are and what we do. As a nonprofit organization, SERC Institute exists wholly to support the Schoodic Education and Research Center and to collaborate in carrying out the Center’s work. Changing the name of this established organization wasn’t taken lightly. Discussions among the Board, staff, and park personnel led to the decision to make the change to a new name that emphasized the close connection between SERC and the nonprofit partner. SERC Institute captures the complex nature of both the financial support and education and research activities that complement the work of the Center. Read full article: 'Changing Our Name: Acadia Partners For Learning and Science Becomes the Schoodic Education and Research Center Institute' (1175 bytes more)

Resource Acadia; Free Public Workshop on Bees, Wasps, and Ants Monday, July 12, 2010 Acadia National Park staff and local scientists will present a free hands-on public workshop about bees, wasps, and ants on Sunday, August 1, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The workshop will take place at the Moore Auditorium, located on the campus of Acadia National Park's Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC) in Winter Harbor, Maine. The workshop is being sponsored by the National Park Service and Acadia Partners for Science and Learning. Dr. Cassie Gibbs, retired professor of entomology from the University of Maine, and Maine Entomologist Marcia Siebenmann, will lead the workshop and explore the habits, life history, and importance of bees, wasps, and ants. Participants will also go out into the field to collect specimens and come back to the lab to look at what they collected under microscopes. No previous experience is necessary! Read full article: 'Resource Acadia; Free Public Workshop on Bees, Wasps, and Ants ' (558 bytes more)

July 10 "Second Saturday" Talk RESCHEDULED -- More Talks Added Monday, July 05, 2010 Some changes, and some additions ... The Second Saturday Lecture planned for July 10 has had to be postponed due to construction on the SERC campus. Rebecca Cole-Will, Cultural Resources Manager for Acadia National Park, has been rescheduled for August 14. She will talk on the history of the Schoodic district, Moore, Rockefeller, and the "Apartment Building." Her talk will begin at 7 pm, Saturday, August 14, in the Moore Auditorium on the SERC campus. It is free and open to the public. It is presented by the Schoodic Committee of Friends of Acadia, Acadia National Park, and Acadia Partners for Science and Learning. On Yhursday, July 22 Linda Ilse will present a talk titled "The Natural History of Porcupines." Dr. Ilse, Wildlife Ecologist with the University of Maine, has studied porcupines here and in the west and is currently studying them here on Schoodic. She will speak on porcupines in Maine, the effects of porcupines on trees, and her research findings from her work on Schoodic. Her talk will be at 7 PM in Moore Auditorium. Read full article: 'July 10 "Second Saturday" Talk RESCHEDULED -- More Talks Added' (638 bytes more)

Summer Interns Begin Science Communication Work Wednesday, June 09, 2010 This summer Acadia Partners for Learning and Science has hired four interns to work on science communication in the Northeast Region national parks. The interns will spend 10 weeks covering a variety of natural, cultural, and social science programs and research projects. The interns’ tasks are coordinated by Acadia Partners, Schoodic Education and Reseatch Center, and Acadia National Park. In addition to providing financial support for the interns, Acadia Partners is working with David Manski, Acadia’s Resource Management Chief, to develop a list of projects and topics. This collaborative effort between the team at SERC and other NPS scientists, educators, and specialists across the park network is one of the reasons research learning centers such as SERC were established by the National Park Service. Sara Delheimer, an Environmental Sociology senior at the University of Tennessee, is a returning intern from the summer 2009 program and is the lead intern for this summer. She provides the science writing experience needed to support the interns and is managing day-to-day tasks and logistics. She excited to explore different media for communicating science while learning about Downeast Maine’s natural and cultural splendor firsthand. She is particularly interested in topics such as climate change and visitor impacts that explore the intersection of social and natural systems. Read full article: 'Summer Interns Begin Science Communication Work' (2623 bytes more)

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