 NPS photo, Acadia National
Park
Country of the Pointed Firs, Sarah Orne Jewett, written
in 1896:
--Mrs. Todd speaking to her companions as they travel up-country
Maine on
the way to a family reunion.--
'"There's sometimes a good hearty tree growin' right out of
the bare rock,
out o' some crack that just holds the roots;" she went on
to say, " right
on the pitch o' one 'o them bare stony hills wehre you can't
seem to see a
wheel-barrowful o' good earth in a place, but that tree'll keep
a green top
in the driest summer. You lay your ear down to the growth an'
you'll hear
a little stream runnin'. Every such tree has got it own livin'
spring;
there's folks made to match 'em."'--
- Acadia National Park http://www.nps.gov/acad/index.htm
Located on the rugged coast of Maine, Acadia
National Park encompasses over 47,000 acres of granite-domed
mountains, woodlands, lakes and ponds, and ocean shoreline.
Comprised of a cluster of islands on the Maine coast, Acadia is
positioned within the broad transition zone between eastern
deciduous and northern coniferous forests, and hosts several species
and plant communities at the edge of their geographic range. Steep
slopes rise above the rocky shore, including Cadillac Mountain,
which at 1,530 feet is the highest point on the U.S. Atlantic
coast. Much of the park is covered by spruce-fir
forests, which is representative of the boreal influence, however,
Acadia also contains stands of oak, maple, beech, and other
hardwoods more typical of most of New England. There are also
several unique, isolated forest communities, such as pitch pine and
scrub oak woodlands, that are found in the park at their
northeastern range limit. Similarly, jack pine reaches the southern
limit of its range in Acadia.
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Live view Acadia National Park (webcam) http://www.hazecam.net/acadia.html
- Forest Ecology Network http://www.powerlink.net/fen/ The purpose of the Forest Ecology Network is to protect, preserve, and defend the native forest environment of Maine through public awareness, grassroots citizen activism, and education
- Mount Katahdin, in Baxter State Park, Maine (Piscataquis
County): approximately 5,000 acres of uncut subalpine forest divided
among several locations including North Peaks and Northwest Basin.
The forest is almost entirely balsam fir. http://www.baxterstateparkauthority.com/
- Maine's Changing Forests http://www.maine.gov/doc/mfs/woodswise/timeline.html
- Maine Woods National Park (proposal) http://www.restore.org/
- Maine Forest Facts http://www.state.me.us/doc/foliage/kids/meforestfacts.html
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