So you love Maine trails, you enjoy their beauty, challenges, and serenity, but have you ever thought about volunteering to help maintain the trails you know and love?!
If you are interested in getting involved reach out to: [email protected]
First northern lights of the season!
During summer, the sun stays up so long that the night sky isn’t dark enough for the aurora to be visible. Now that we’re entering late August, stars are decorating our night skies again… When we can see them through the clouds!
@JessonaJourney Excellent time to visit! I live in Acadia and love hiking there. Sargent Mountain is nice and not as crowded as Cadillac! Parkman and Bald mountains make a nice loop. My dog Wander and I often visit Otter Cliffs and Ocean Path and recommend that area for a less crowded sunrise.
#LatinoConservationWeek Spotlight #2 is Homero Gómez González 🦋. Homero was one of Mexico's most passionate forest and monarch butterfly conservationists who was murdered in January 2020 for his environmental activism. May he rest in power and may we keep his vision alive✊🏾!
A new @forestservice Forest Atlas shows U.S. forests in a whole new way using data derived from more than 355,000 field plots, 19 million tree observations, and 2 decades of satellite imagery.
https://t.co/bjK8ET079e
#USDA_FIA
"America needs her forests and wild spaces quite as much as her cities and her settled places." —Benton MacKaye, who had the vision and outlined the plan for a trail over the full length of the Appalachian skyline. #July4th
📸 Christopher D'Ambrosio
New genomics terms just dropped! Do you want to learn the basics of genomics while also keeping up with the latest research? Our talking glossary is filled with cool terms to quench your thirst for knowledge. https://t.co/I2CxMC7tUc
Here is the full panorama that one of our Meteorologist took this morning. Showing the rays from the sunrise and the nearly full Double Rainbow. #MEwx#Sunrise#Rainbow#Maine
Today is National Zip Code Day!
Did you know that Smokey Bear received so much mail that the US Postal Service gave him his own ZIP Code in 1965? True story!
You can now write him simply by addressing the envelope to Smokey Bear, Washington, DC, 20252.
***Caribou Maine ties record low temperature****
The temperature here at Caribou is currently 38 degrees. This ties the previous record low for the date set back in 1995. #MEwx
What ignited your passion for space & STEM?
Join @NASA and @AirAndSpace in remembering Sally Ride – the first American woman to go to space – who co-founded Sally Ride Science to promote equity and inclusion in STEM studies. Show how you #ShineLikeSally: https://t.co/bbf53wpaFY