$1 Million Honoring Fitz Eugene Dixon for the Schoodic Education and Research Center in Acadia National Park Wednesday, July 08, 2009 Acadia Partners for Science and Learning has received a gift of $1 million in memory of founding Board president, Fitz Eugene Dixon. The gift, made by Mrs. Edith Robb Dixon in honor of her late husband, was announced by Board President Alan J.Goldstein following the board’s July 7 meeting. The gift, a commitment to support the efforts being undertaken at Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC), will assist in the renovation and adaptive reuse of the beautiful and historic Rockefeller building at the former Navy base. "Fitz was very excited by this important work from the beginning of this undertaking in 2005, and he would be very pleased with the extraordinary strides made in a few short years," said Mrs. Dixon in her remarks to the board. "Downeast Maine, the Winter Harbor community, and this special place have always meant a great deal to him and to his family. It feels very right that this building and campus supports two things he loved – education and Winter Harbor." Read full article: '$1 Million Honoring Fitz Eugene Dixon for the Schoodic Education and Research Center in Acadia National Park' (1473 bytes more)

Marsh Coring: The Movie Wednesday, July 08, 2009 Our summer interns, Hannah Kreitzer and Sara Delheimer, have put together a video describing the marsh coring work that Dr. Ben Tanner was doing in West Pond a couple of weeks ago. It is available on the Field Notes blog site that Sara and Hannah maintain in cooperation with other people at other parks in the northeast. Dr. Tanner's work is supported by Acadia Partners, using contributions from our donors. The video is a quick, engaging look at Dr. Tanner's field work and does a nice job of explaining how climate change and sea level rise motivates this research, which looks at the role that salt marshes play in sequestering carbon.

Brownie Carson to Speak on Past and Future of Environmental Protection Sunday, July 05, 2009 This year is the 50th anniversary of the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM). Brownie Carson has been the NRCM's Executive Director for half of that time, leading it through fights against dams and air pollution, passage of Maine's solid waste and recycling law, campaigns to protect Maine's forest and wildlife, and more. On Saturday, July 11, at 7 PM, Mr. Carson will come to SERC to give a talk titled "50 Years of Environmental Protection for Maine: What We've Learned, What's Next." Mr. Carson will share landmark victories from NRCM's past, including those affecting Acadia and the Downeast Coast. He will also talk about what has become one of Maine's highest profile conservation issues--Plum Creek's proposed massive development for the Moosehead Lake area. The presentation will feature images of Maine's natural beauty and actions people can take to protect our environment, wildlife, and people. Read full article: 'Brownie Carson to Speak on Past and Future of Environmental Protection' (841 bytes more)

Summer Interns Focus on Science Communication Thursday, June 11, 2009 This summer Acadia Partners has hired two summer interns to work on science communication with Acadia's resource management team and with the inventory and monitoring crew at the park service's Northeast Temperate Network (NETN).  Sara Delheimer, who is attending the University of Tennessee, and Hannah Kreitzer, who attends Unity College here in Maine, will be with us for 10 weeks through June and July.  Their job is to help us make all the scientific work going on at Acadia more visible and accessible. Their primary focus is on creating "resource briefs" -- two page summaries of issues, research, and other insights into the park's work on resource management.  But while they work with scientists and park staff to gather to information to create resource briefs they are also maintaining a regular "blog" of their activities.  The blog is a joint effort between those of us working here at the Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC) and other park researchers and writers across the Northeast.  It is called "Field Notes:  Observations on science and nature in northeastern national parks." Read full article: 'Summer Interns Focus on Science Communication' (1331 bytes more)

Sumner HS and the Maine Wind Blade Challenge Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Sumner Memorial High School dominated the recent Maine Wind Blade Challenge with teams that ranked first, fifth and seventh in the statewide competition. Combining their technology education and physics courses -- and using composite materials from University of Maine’s Advanced Engineering Wood Composite Center -- students Chris Pickering and Blaine West (right), Matt Holmes and L.T. Tracy, Anthony Cultrera and Nathan Vandegrift, designed and fabricated three of the best wind turbine blades among the 100 plus students and 13 schools competing from throughout Maine. The student design teams and their teachers will bring some of the turbines with them to Moore Auditorium this coming Saturday, June 13, at 7 PM as they present a talk on their design work and their experiences in the state composition. This event is a great way to learn about wind turbines and about a successful program at our local high school. It is also a great way to get to support and get to know these students. Read full article: 'Sumner HS and the Maine Wind Blade Challenge' (841 bytes more)

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