MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • August 4, 2024
A new report from the National Park Service directs Acadia to plan for 2 different climate futures: warm and dry, or hot and sticky. Only one thing is certain, NPS climate scientists say: The park of the future will look very different. Abe Miller-Rushing, science director at Acadia, said, “One out of every six plant species here when Acadia was founded 100 years ago is gone.” “Climate change is no longer a year 2050 or 2100 issue. It is a ‘here and now,’” said Nick Fisichelli, president of Schoodic Institute, the nonprofit science division of Acadia.