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. Read full article: 'Schoodic Lecture Series: Tracking Harlequin Ducks and Purple Sandpipers' (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. Read full article: 'Saturday Talk at Moore Auditorium to focus on St. Croix Island -- the OTHER National Park site in Maine' (1586 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. Read full article: 'About Mercury and Acadia National Park' (1773 bytes more)

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