2008 BioBlitz - A Survey of True Bugs Monday, July 28, 2008 From August 8-10 SERC will host the 2008 "Bioblitz" -- a 24 hour effort to collect and catalog insect species in the park. This year the focus is on the order Hemiptera, which Wikipedia describes as "an order of insects, comprising around 80,000 species of cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and others, collectively known as the true bugs." The bioblitz includes a public program on Sunday morning, August 10, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Read full article: '2008 BioBlitz - A Survey of True Bugs' (1872 bytes more)

Schoodic Lecture Series - It's a Bug's Life! Monday, July 28, 2008 Click here for full program flyer Are annual differences in aquatic insects of White Mountain National Forest due to normal variation or global warming? On Saturday, August 9, 2008, at 7pm Dr. Don Chandler from the University of New Hampshire will present at the Schoodic "Second Saturday" Lecture Series at the Moore Auditorium. Read full article: 'Schoodic Lecture Series - It's a Bug's Life!' (727 bytes more)

Schoodic Lecture Series - Mother Nature Knows Best: No Child Left Inside Monday, July 28, 2008 Click here for full program flyer Children aren't playing outside much anymore—not even in the back yard or the neighborhood park. Young people need opportunities to experience and learn from nature during their growing years in order to become citizens and future decision makers who will take responsibility for the stewardship of the Earth. This Saturday, August 2, 2008, at 7pm, Sheridan Steele, Superintendent of Acadia National Park since May 2002, will present at the Schoodic "Second Saturday" Lecture Series at the Moore Auditorium. Read full article: 'Schoodic Lecture Series - Mother Nature Knows Best: No Child Left Inside' (1087 bytes more)

Schoodic Lecture Series - The Intertidal Biota of Acadia National Park Thursday, July 24, 2008 On Saturday, July 26, 2008, the "Second Saturday" Schoodic Lecture Series will feature Susan Brawley, Professor at the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences and three of her research assistants. The lecture is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Moore Auditorium at the Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC) in Acadia National Park. Read full article: 'Schoodic Lecture Series - The Intertidal Biota of Acadia National Park' (1194 bytes more)

$500,000 Budgeted for the Schoodic Education and Research Center in Acadia National Park Wednesday, July 09, 2008 Winter Harbor, ME - July 9, 2008. Acadia Partners for Science and Learning announced today that U. S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) have secured $500,000 in federal funding in the fiscal year 2009 Commerce, Justice, and Science spending bill as reported by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill will now go to the full Senate for its consideration. This funding will help build upon the $4 million in Department of Defense spending secured by the Senators in 2002 for the conversion of the former naval base to an education research center. Read full article: '$500,000 Budgeted for the Schoodic Education and Research Center in Acadia National Park' (2476 bytes more)

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