Already there: Underrepresented voices in paleo- and historical ecological data

Acadia National Park is charged with protecting local cultural and natural resources. My research in the park on floristic change since the 19th century and vegetation dynamics since glacial retreat underscores the cultural history of natural resources. I depend on the overlooked historic botanical work of dedicated amateurs like Annie Sawyer Downs. My paleo research stretches the botanical history back even further, recording changes in local plant communities from pollen. The history of western science in Acadia can barely scratch the surface of pollen core, but Wabanaki knowledge of the landscape is comparable to a core comprising the entire Holocene.