A new partnership with the University of Maine will increase support for faculty and students seeking an opportunity to explore the effects of a changing climate across multiple ecosystems in Acadia National Park. The College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture has created two new funding opportunities: The Schoodic-Acadia Research Fund will expand Second Century […]
Three scientists have been awarded fellowships to conduct research in Acadia National Park as part of Second Century Stewardship, an initiative of the National Park Service, Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park and the National Park Foundation. The new awards will support research that will inform management of land, water, wildlife and cultural resources in […]
2020 Fellow Dr. Bonnie Newsom presented as part of the University of Maine McGillicuddy Humanities Center “Women and Climate Change Speaker Series.” The series features the perspectives of women working to reshape their discipline and community with innovative media, decolonization strategies, renewable energy programs, and activism.
Second Century Stewardship partner Schoodic Institute is currently leading the sixth training for citizen science on public lands. Participating teams represent 14 units of the National Park System, including Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains, Saguaro, Dinosaur, Pictured Rocks, Niobrara, Freedom’s Frontier, Homestead, Isle Royale, Blackstone, Canaveral, Housatonic, Cuyahoga, and Arabia Mountain, as well as lands […]
Invasive plants are a problem in national parks across the country. In a recent presentation to their National Park Service colleagues, Kate Miller and Stephanie Perles of the National Park Service Inventory & Monitoring Program Eastern Forests Working Group provide invasive plant trends in 39 eastern national parks from Maine to Virginia. In their analysis […]
Since 2016, more than 60 national parks and partners have been involved in Second Century Stewardship, through participation in workshops, collaborative projects, or communications efforts. This network is helping to inform development of best practices for science communication and engagement, supporting researchers working on public lands, and sharing stories of park science with millions of […]
Schoodic Institute and Second Century Stewardship partners are offering a new citizen science online professional development course for parks and partners, with a focus on pollinators like bees, butterflies, and bats. Citizen science is advancing research and learning across multidisciplinary fields. It can also be a valuable way to connect people to places and beings […]
Do you love Acadia National Park’s lakes, ponds, and streams? Share your thoughts in this survey from the University of Maine, part of Second Century Stewardship Fellow Kate Ruskin‘s study to characterize how visitors, students, local residents, natural resource managers, educators, and others perceive and value Acadia’s freshwater resources. Ruskin planned to interview people in […]
The partners of Second Century Stewardship have announced the Request for Proposals for fellowships to support research in Acadia National Park in 2021. Founded in 2016 by the David Evans Shaw Family Foundation, Second Century Stewardship is a partnership of Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park, the National Park Service, and the National Park Foundation […]
photo by Linda Moses Despite delays and complications presented by the global Covid-19 pandemic, Second Century Stewardship fellows are proceeding with field aspects of their research. Jay Wason set out on July 3 to locate six sites in Acadia National Park used by Ronald Davis in his authoritative study of Maine’s coastal spruce forests in […]
