Schoodic Education Adventure has connected middle-school students to Acadia’s forests and coastline for three decades.




Acadia Youth Conservation Corps
A reimagined Acadia Youth Conservation Corps gives participants diverse experience working alongside multiple divisions of the park.


Acadia Teacher Fellows
The Acadia Teacher Fellows program gives educators tools to cultivate outdoor classrooms.


Broader Reach, Greater Impact
Creating Tomorrow’s Stewards through a creative blend of virtual, self-guided, and in-person programming.


Giving Students RAD Tools to Understand Climate Change
Education Ranger Mackette McCormack developed a program around climate change that enables students to learn, engage, and problem solve.


Friends of Acadia’s Student Board Member Pioneers Lundy Stowe and Matt Farragher
Friends of Acadia has long benefited from the talent, energy, and perspective of young people who have served the organization as volunteers, interns, seasonal employees, and participants in programs. In 2019, with the goal of expanding the impact local college students could make on the organization, Friends of Acadia added two visiting student board positions to its Board of Directors.

