Landscape of Change with Catherine Schmitt, Schoodic Institute
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Landscape of Change with Catherine Schmitt, Schoodic Institute
Description
This winter the Belfast Garden Club Evening Lecture Series was co-sponsored by All of Belfast Climate Dialogues, a project of the Belfast Free Library, and focused on the effects of the Climate Crisis on local environments.
At the first program, on Tuesday January 24 at 6:30 pm, Catherine Schmitt, Environmental Scientist from the Schoodic Institute gave a presentation about the “Landscape of Change” project on Mount Desert Island.
Watch the recording here.
Back in the 1880s, a group of Harvard students, known as the Champlain Society, sparked conservation efforts that eventually led to the formation of Acadia National Park. Today their logbooks are serving a broader environmental purpose.
Schmitt described how the Landscape of Change project uses the Champlain Society logbooks as a baseline to measure the effects of climate change. She spoke about what’s been learned about MDI’s changing landscape so far, the value of collaboration for monitoring the climate crisis, and the ways everyone can participate in understanding landscapes of change.
Catherine Schmitt’s multi-faceted background includes directorship of the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine. She has published two books, The President’s Salmon, a history of the wild Atlantic salmon and its Maine habitat, and Historic Acadia National Park. She is currently the Schoodic Institute’s Science Communication Specialist.
At the first program, on Tuesday January 24 at 6:30 pm, Catherine Schmitt, Environmental Scientist from the Schoodic Institute gave a presentation about the “Landscape of Change” project on Mount Desert Island.
Watch the recording here.
Back in the 1880s, a group of Harvard students, known as the Champlain Society, sparked conservation efforts that eventually led to the formation of Acadia National Park. Today their logbooks are serving a broader environmental purpose.
Schmitt described how the Landscape of Change project uses the Champlain Society logbooks as a baseline to measure the effects of climate change. She spoke about what’s been learned about MDI’s changing landscape so far, the value of collaboration for monitoring the climate crisis, and the ways everyone can participate in understanding landscapes of change.
Catherine Schmitt’s multi-faceted background includes directorship of the Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine. She has published two books, The President’s Salmon, a history of the wild Atlantic salmon and its Maine habitat, and Historic Acadia National Park. She is currently the Schoodic Institute’s Science Communication Specialist.
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Belfast Garden Club, Schoodic Institute, ABCD Team
Date
January 24th, 2023
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Belfast Garden Club, Schoodic Institute, ABCD Team, “Landscape of Change with Catherine Schmitt, Schoodic Institute,” All of Belfast: Climate Dialogues, accessed April 27, 2024, https://abcdbelfast.omeka.net/items/show/132.
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