Friends of Acadia Journal

A Magazine about Acadia National Park and Surrounding Communities
Spring 2017 – Volume 22 No. 1

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The Friends of Acadia Journal is published three times a year. With features about Acadia National Park’s history, resources, and programs, news about Friends of Acadia’s projects and activities, and information about how to get involved, the Friends of Acadia Journal is a great way to stay connected to Acadia National Park, all year long. Membership in Friends of Acadia includes a subscription to the Journal.   Join Now »

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Features:

Managing for a Wild Acadia in the 21^st century: It takes broad collaboration to keep Acadia’s natural resources healthy in a changing world
By Abe Miller-Rushing, Brian Henkel, and Rebecca Cole-Will

Inspiring the Creative Mind: An artist gets a one-of-a-kind experience as the Acadia Centennial social media intern
By Jacquelyn Jenson

Walking on This Path: Serendipity helps set a new national park steward on a lifelong path
By Sierra Frisbie

Saving Our “Wow” Moments: Surveying transportation challenges and solutions around the national park system
By Stephanie Clement

The New Schoodic—Six Ways of Looking at a Peninsula: Fueled by Schoodic Woods and the Schoodic Education and Research Center, Acadia’s mainland district now boasts all kinds of experiences and resources
By Sam Coplon, Beverly Hawkins, Tom Walsh, Maureen Fournier, and David MacDonald

Perspectives:

• President’s Message: A Sustained Commitment to Acadia
• Superintendent’s View: What 3.3 Means for You and Me
• Special Person: Earl Brechlin – Love of place, pure and simple
• Where in Acadia?
• Spring 2017 Updates
• Recommended Reading

Departments:

• Notes from Friends
• Where in Acadia?
• Updates
• Recommended Reading

Cover Photograph: The Porcupine islands seen from Dorr Point at Compass Harbor. Photograph by Tom Blagden.

Friends of Acadia is a membership and volunteer organization, and our work is significantly powered by volunteer effort. The Journal is no exception, and we are grateful to all of the writers and photographers who generously contribute their time and talents to our publication.

Thank you to our Journal sponsors: