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Resource Acadia is offering a workshop in which participants will learn about and participate in research into rockweed population genetics along the intertidal areas around Schoodic Point.
Some coastal brook trout spend all their lives in fresh water. Others head out to sea for a few months or a year and then return to fresh water to spawn. The ones that move back and forth are called “salters” or “sea run brook trout.” The technical term for this movement out to sea and then back to fresh water for spawning is “anadromy.” Nobody knows why some brook trout are anadromous and others are fresh water residents all their life. Biologists do believe, however, that the number of anadromous fish is declining. They are not sure why, but roads and culverts blocking the movement of the fish are one possible factor, among others.
As is the case with so much other ecosystem research in and around Acadia National Park, the first step toward understanding the bigger questions is an assessment of the current situation. How many fish are moving back and forth? Where does the migration happen? Where does it NOT happen?
An opportunity to participate in a Saturday morning workshop with a researcher doing leading-edge work in rocky intertidal ecosystem dynamics .
The Maine Forest Service is looking for a volunteer in the greater Schoodic area to operate an “insect light trap†from mid-June to mid-August. The operation of the trap is quite simple and all materials and instructions associated with the project are supplied by the Forest Service. There is also a $200 stipend provided to offset electricity costs associated with operating the light
David Olson, a graduate student at the University of Maine, is conducting research on how visitors use different intertidal zones in Acadia National Park. He needs volunteers who can sit, observe, and complete a checklist that describes visitor frequency and activity.