Work Starts on Acadia Research Opportunities Catalog Sunday, March 19, 2006 See the related Blog entry looking at funding Over the past two weeks Acadia Partners and the Schoodic Education and Research Center were hosts to more than 50 scientists who came to Acadia to help identify critical research issues and research opportunities at the Park. The scientists participated in five day-long sessions, each looking at a different area of scientific inquiry in the Park:  freshwater resource issues, marine and estuarine studies, wildlife studies, physical science studies, and terrestrial issue studies. Each session focused on the following questions: What are the Park's current research needs? In particular, what current research issues have we missed? What are the emerging issues? What should we be looking at now, in anticipation of future concerns? What is the role of Acadia NP in the research landscape? Assuming you had the funding, what research would you like to be doing here? How can we make the Schoodic center into a more useful, attractive scientific research resource? Read full article: 'Work Starts on Acadia Research Opportunities Catalog' (6612 bytes more)

Strong Response to LL Bean Research Fellowship Opportunity Sunday, March 19, 2006 Response to the request for research proposals for the LL Bean Acadia Research Fellowships has been strong. As reported in our earlier article, LL Bean, working through Friends of Acadia,  has provided $25,000 to support research fellowships in related to the Park's natural and cultural resources. Acadia Partners will manage the disbursement of the funds. We received a total of 23 proposals for this year's program, totaling $109,209 in requested support. Current plans are to fund five proposals at approximately $5,000 apiece.  Read full article: 'Strong Response to LL Bean Research Fellowship Opportunity' (1283 bytes more)

Grants Available for Research Fellowships Friday, February 10, 2006 The Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC) has announced the L.L.Bean Acadia Research Fellowship program which will support field research at Acadia National Park in the physical, biological, ecological, social, and cultural sciences. The fellowship program is open to undergraduate and graduate students, college and university faculty, state and federal agency scientists, private-sector research professionals, and others with appropriate backgrounds and credentials. At least five grants of up to $5,000 each will be awarded this year. The grants are possible thanks to a generous donation of $25,000 from L.L.Bean to Friends of Acadia to facilitate and encourage scientific research in Acadia National Park. The grants will be administered by Acadia Partners for Science and Learning. Grant proposals are due by March 1, 2006. Awards will be announced on March 24, 2006. Field work must begin prior to October 1, 2006. Final reports are due within six months of the completion of field work, which should be completed within a year. Funds my be used for salary support, room, board, travel directly related to the field work, supplies, analytical costs, and other purposes related to the proposed field research. Proposal guidelines, contact information, and the required cover sheet are available in the announcement on the SERC website. Read full article: 'Grants Available for Research Fellowships' (1283 bytes more)

Short Articles Describe Acadia Partners' Mission Friday, December 23, 2005 There is a lot of curiosity about what Acadia Partners does and about what is going on here at SERC. Bill Zoellick, the Director of Business Development here at Acadia Partners, has written a series of weblog entries that succeed in talking about our mission without getting caught up in a lot of "mission-speak." Bill begins by describing a recent walk in the snow up to Schoodic Head. He then takes his readers through a short history of who we have to thank for protecting this beautiful place and keeping it open to the public. He wraps up with a look at how Acadia Partners is carrying on this work that others began over 100 years ago, protecting this place. Most important, Bill talks about how the job of ensuring the future of Schoodic and the rest of Acadia National Park is different now, in the 21st century, than it was as the close of the 19th century, and how Acadia Partners is focused on these new challenges. Take a look at these weblog entries if you are interested in what it is that brings us in to work every morning. You can jump to the first of the three short articles on our mission by following this link. The weblog also has space for people to add comments -- feel free to respond with questions or observations of your own.

"Downeast Initiative" Explores Area Fisheries Management Thursday, November 10, 2005 See Related Commentary in the Blog On October 26th and 27th SERC was the site of a meeting of approximately 50 fishermen, marine scientists, policy specialists and other interested people who are working together to explore the potential for area fisheries management along this part of the coast of Maine. This effort, known as the "Downeast Initiative," is in response to the dramatic decline in groundfishing, scallop fishing, and other commercial fishing other than lobster fishing. Put simply, the idea behind the initiative is that if fishermen are given the opportunity to benefit personally from conservation, ensuring continued stocks into the future for themselves and their children, they will work to conserve the resource. The Downeast Initiative's goal is to provide that opportunity. Ted Hoskins, of the Sea Coast Mission, served as moderator and convener for the sessions, which were focused on identifying key questions and research that the group will undertake in the coming year to explore the feasibility of the initiative and to prepare for implementation, should feasibility be established. Read full article: '"Downeast Initiative" Explores Area Fisheries Management' (6099 bytes more)

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