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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.
On Monday, August 2 Art Spiess, Dr. Spiess, Archeologist with the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, will talk about archaeological evidence for human occupation of Maine and the local area, focusing on how the humans interacted with and were influenced by changes in the environment since the last glaciation. His talk is titled "Pre-European Archaeology in Maine with a Focus on Frenchman’s Bay." Results of recent Abbe archaeological field schools in the area will be used to illustrate the ideas presented in his talk. Dr. Spiess' presentation will be at 7 PM in Moore auditorium.
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