An informative article on how the park is meeting the many challenges it faces in protecting the natural environment in the face of a rapidly changing climate and eco-systems. The environment has changed throughout history. The shifts we are seeing now, though, are exceptionally big and widespread. And although many of these are happening over decades or centuries—slow by the standards of our day-today lives—many are happening more rapidly than they have in thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of years. In some cases the pace and magnitude of change is unprecedented. Please, though, do not surmise that the situation is helpless. Acadia’s ecosystems have changed, often in ways we would rather they had not, but they are still dynamic and vibrant ecosystems and rank among the country’s natural treasures. Rather, we encourage you to take the current situation as a call to action. We on the park staff and throughout the National Park Service certainly are, as are many of our partners such as Friends of Acadia. The park is working with partners such as Friends of Acadia, Schoodic Institute, Jackson Laboratory, University of Maine, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ( https://facebook/usfws ), the town of Bar Harbor, and other federal and state agencies . friendsofacadia.org/news-publications/friends-of-acadia-journal/preserving-resilient-acadia/
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 22:00:02 +0000
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