Writing

Stories that inspire us to explore, learn, and overcome challenges.

Point of View – Acadia magazine
Managing Acadia’s carriage road vistas is a mingling of landscape management and artistry.
July 2025

Dedication to Vegetation – Acadia magazine
Success of Acadia’s 35-plus-year invasive plant management
program is a testament to commitment and collaboration.
March 2025

Keep Your Eye on the Gull – Acadia magazine
Seabird study grant supports a survey of Acadia National Park’s seabird islands.
March 2025

Taken by Storm – Acadia magazine
Extreme weather is evident as the climate changes and Acadia is faced with questions about whether to repair and rebuild – and how.
March 2024

Take Heed of the Hemlocks – Acadia magazine
Invasive hemlock woolly adelgids are endangering eastern hemlocks
and the ecosystems that rely on them
October 2022

Data Driven: Understanding Park Visitors – Friends of Acadia
Recreation Technicians like Becca Stanley gather insight into how visitors interact with the park, helping resource managers make decision in Acadia.
August 2023

Research and Resiliency in Acadia – Acadia magazine
Protecting Acadia in a rapidly changing environment.
July 2023

30 Years at SEA – Acadia magazine
Schoodic Education Adventure has connected middle school students to Acadia’s forests and coastline for three decades.
March 2023

Your Health App Thinks You Might Be Pregnant – MyTIKI
And advertisers really hope you are!
January 2022

Lighthouse and Lore: Kayak to Wood Island To Explore the Grounds, Wander Through History – Portland Phoenix
Wood Island Light has seen some things. Most lighthouses have. These stoic beacons of maritime safety keep watch on treacherous coastlines, which means they’ve witnessed their fair share of safe passages and awful wrecks over the centuries.
September 2021

Your Private Life Made Public – MyTIKI
If Jeffrey Burrill’s anonymous data isn’t so anonymous, and neither is yours or mine.
December 2021

VR Goggles Help Clients Gain Real-World Skills at Goodwill NeuroRehab – Goodwill of Northern New England
TREE staff work collaboratively to assess the needs of students and rise to meet them.
June 2020

Into the Great Wide Ocean – Portland Phoenix
Mainers take to the Atlantic for cold-water swims all year long.
December 2020

* 2021 Maine Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest – Outdoors Story winner

Murderer’s Cave! Hiking Trails and Homicidal History in Bath – Fit Maine
We didn’t intend to go poking around inside the hideout of a murderer. That just sort of happened.
October 2019

Peatland Magic and Carnivorous Plants at Orono Bog – Fit Maine
Formed over hundreds or thousands of years, bogs are masters at trapping carbon, hoarding dead plants, and hanging on to the occasional 3,000-year-old body.
July 2019

Bird! – Maine Women Magazine
Katrina Venhuizen takes time to stop and spot the birds.
May 2017

Two Makes a Family – Maine Women Magazine
Tracy doesn’t have all the answers—like how Zoe will feel about how she came into this world, but she’s certain about some things. Her little girl is so, so loved.
December 2016

Lessons on the Rock – Old Port Magazine
Sarah Fountain gains strength and finds community in rock climbing.
June 2016

Two Makes a ‘I Was Just Overwhelmed With Pain’ – Portland Press Herald
His interaction with two of the Sept. 11 hijackers at Portland International Jetport has left Mike Tuohey a haunted man.
September 2011

Burlesque Is Really Taking Off – Portland Press Herald
The sexy shows win a whole new generation of fans, including here in Portland, where the scene is really hot.
March 2011
* Third Place NEAPNEA 2011 writing contest