Webber Energy Fuels Provides Scholarships for Teachers Monday, March 10, 2008 Winter Harbor, ME – March 10, 2008. Acadia Partners for Science and Learning and Webber Energy Fuels today announced that they have established the Webber Teacher Scholarships program for Maine teachers to support their participation in Advanced Placement Summer Institutes* at the Schoodic Education and Research Center campus in Acadia National Park. "Providing additional training for science and math teachers is critically important to the future economic health of the State of Maine," said Mr. Michael Shea, President of Webber Energy Fuels. “Webber Energy Fuels has a long history of investing in education and the young people of our state, so we were especially pleased to join with Acadia Partners to make these nationally recognized Advance Placement Institutes more accessible to the teachers of Maine." Story Continues ... (2151 bytes more)

Schoodic Lecture Series: Tracking Harlequin Ducks and Purple Sandpipers Wednesday, March 05, 2008 Glen Mittelhauser, director of Maine Natural History Observatory, is the featured speaker at the “Second Saturday” Schoodic Lecture Series on Saturday, March 8, 2008. The lecture is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Moore Auditorium at the Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC) in Acadia National Park. Dr. Mittelhauser's lecture is called “Harlequin Ducks and Purple Sandpipers in Maine and their connection to Labrador, Greenland, and beyond.” Harlequin Ducks and Purple Sandpipers are two species of concern that winter along Maine's offshore coast. Glen will describe his research on these two elusive species over the past 20 years. Story Continues ... (1244 bytes more)

Nokomis Students Go Fishing to Research Mercury Levels Friday, February 29, 2008 Students in Jennifer Briggs' and Katie Thompson's classes at Nokomis Regional High School, in Newport, Maine, have been ice fishing on Nokomis Pond this past month. They are involved in a research effort to explore the relationship between fish size, age, and other factors and the amount of mercury in the muscle tissue of the fish. Their work is part of an ongoing collaboration between Acadia partners and a number of schools across Maine that is engaging more students in hands-on scientific inquiry. The student research and the collaborative work with the schools, which is funded in part by the Maine Department of Education and in part by Acadia Partners' private donors, is part of a larger research effort at Acadia Partners that is finding new ways to connect students with the scientific work at Acadia National Park. The goal is to support teachers as they make more use of inquiry-based instructional methods, building on issues and problems that we face at Acadia. Click here to read an article from The Bangor Daily News that has some good photos and that talks about what the students are doing.

Wilderness First Responders Training at SERC Wednesday, February 06, 2008 Acadia National Park and Acadia Partners for Science and Learning are sponsoring a hands-on Wilderness First Responder (WFR) course at the Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC) in Winter Harbor, ME on Apr 14-21, 2008. This intensive backcountry medical training course will show students how to deal with medical emergencies when they are miles from help and dialing 911 is not an option. This course is recommended for all outdoor professionals and enthusiasts who spend time in remote areas. Graduates will be certified by Wilderness Medical Associates. Click here for more information about the course and about registration.

Saturday Talk at Moore Auditorium to focus on St. Croix Island -- the OTHER National Park site in Maine Wednesday, February 06, 2008 Meg Scheid, a park ranger at the Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, is the featured speaker at the “Second Saturday” Schoodic Lecture Series on Saturday, February 9, 2008. The lecture is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Moore Auditorium at the Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC) in Acadia National Park. Story Continues ... (1584 bytes more)

About Mercury and Acadia National Park Thursday, January 10, 2008 Dr. Sarah Nelson, an assistant scientist at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research and a Fitz Eugene Dixon Fellow working with Acadia Partners, will provide a talk geared to non-scientists about the accumulation of mercury in water, soils, and forests in Acadia on Saturday, January 12, 2008. The lecture is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Moore Auditorium at the Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC) in Acadia National Park. Story Continues ... (1763 bytes more)

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. Story Continues ... (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. Story Continues ... (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. Story Continues ... (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. Story Continues ... (1710 bytes more)

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