Wildlife Biologist to Describe Seabird Restoration Efforts Wednesday, December 05, 2007 At 7 PM on Saturday, December 8, Linda Welch, a wildlife biologist at Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, will give a talk that describes the work at the refuge over the past decade to restore tern populations. This talk, which is free and open to the public, will take place at the Moore Auditorium on the Schoodic Education and Research Center campus in Acadia National Park. Arctic, Common, and Roseate Tern populations were decimated in the Gulf of Maine in the late 1800's due to a combination of shooting and egging for food and bait, and feather collection for the millinery trade. Ms. Welch will describe the numerous techniques that the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge has utilized to restore tern colonies to the coast of Maine. Read full article: 'Wildlife Biologist to Describe Seabird Restoration Efforts' (2266 bytes more)

Students at Waldo County Tech Center Launch Fish Management Study Tuesday, December 04, 2007 The pond at the Waldo County Tech Center does not contain fish--at least not any that we know of. Could it be stocked with fish? What kind of fish could the pond support? What is living in the pond now? How would fish change the pond? Patrice Janssen's natural resource management class at WCTC is launching a study of these questions with the help of Dr. Sarah Nelson of the Senator George J Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, a scientist who has worked at Acadia National Park for many years. Read full article: 'Students at Waldo County Tech Center Launch Fish Management Study' (1356 bytes more)

Nokomis High School Class Begins Nokomis Pond Study Friday, November 16, 2007 Lisa Kelley's statistics class at Nokomis Regional High School is inaugurating a study of the interaction of water quality and water temperature in Nokomis Pond. The question of water quality in the pond is important because the pond serves as the public water supply for the town of Newport. Dr. Jessica Muhlin, a research scientist, Fitz Eugene Dixon Fellow, and educator who has worked at Acadia National Park and who now teachers at the Maine Maritime Academy, is working with Ms. Kelley and the students to help design and execute the research. Read full article: 'Nokomis High School Class Begins Nokomis Pond Study' (1597 bytes more)

Searsport High School Starts Sears Island Study Friday, November 16, 2007 Maura DiPrete's environmental studies class at Searsport High School has begun studying the intertidal zone ecology around the causeway leading to Sears Island. (Click here for a satellite photo.) Dr. Jessica Muhlin, an Acadia Partners Fitz Eugene Dixon Fellow and faculty member at Maine Maritime Academy, is working with the class, helping them with setting up their research question and designing their research projects. Read full article: 'Searsport High School Starts Sears Island Study' (1710 bytes more)

National Weather Service Presentation on Hurricanes Monday, August 20, 2007 Join us for a one hour presentation on the science behind hurricanes and tsunamis. Tony Sturey, Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service Office in Caribou Maine, will discuss the meteorology and oceanography of hurricane and tsunami formation, development, and movement; as well as the potential threat these ocean related phenomenon pose to the northern New England coast. The presentation will take place at 7 PM on Wednesday, August 22 in the Schooner Club on the Schoodic Education and Research Center campus. For more information click here.

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