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Acadia Partner’s mission, when rendered down to its core, might be as simple as “Protect the Park.†But I often find it difficult to reduce our mission to a single, pithy phrase. In part this is because the scientific, resource management, and socio-economic issues related to our mission are dynamic, diverse and complex […]
This is the last of a series of three short writings that talk about Acadia Partners’ mission. The first piece focused on the place where Acadia Partners is located, since Acadia Partners’ mission is rooted in the importance of place. The second installment looked at the question of who we have to thank for preserving this place and keeping it available to the public. This final segment looks at Acadia Partners’ role in continuing the work, started over 100 years ago, to protect this place for future generations.
This is the second of a series of three short writings that talk about Acadia Partners’ mission. The first piece focused on the place where Acadia Partners is located, since Acadia Partners’ mission is rooted in the importance of place. This second installment looks at the question of who we have to thank for preserving this place and keeping it available to the public.
This is the first of a series of three short writings that talk about Acadia Partners’ mission. This first piece focuses on the place where Acadia Partners is located, since Acadia Partners’ mission is rooted in the importance of place.
Yesterday I told the story behind the decision that Gouldsboro needs to make about its two bronze bells. Now let’s have a look at how the town is making the decision. The approach grows out of traditions here in Maine. It touches on the values underlying the mission at Acadia Partners.
There is new evidence that the currents in the North Atlantic are changing and slowing down, according to research published in Nature last week. The effects of this change on Europe could be dramatic. It also has me wondering about how these changes might affect the Labrador current off the Coast of Maine.
The question of how communities go about making decisions is central to our work at Acadia Partners and SERC. Gouldsboro is faced with a decision about two bells. This decision is a good example–and a good jumping off point–to use in some broader thinking about how communities make decisions. But, first, I need to tell you about the bells, and about hurricanes and shipwrecks. It is a story that stretches back 140 years.