Acadia National Park Climate Change Scenario Planning Workshop Summary October 5-6, 2015; Schoodic Institute, Acadia National Park, Maine View of Schoodic Peninsula from Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park. NPS photo. Jonathan Star1, Nicholas Fisichelli2,3*, Alexander M. Bryan4, Amanda Babson5, Rebecca Cole- Will6, Abraham Miller-Rushing6 1Scenario Insight 2National Park Service, Climate Change Response Program 3Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park 4U.S. Geological Survey, DOI Northeast Climate Science Center 5National Park Service, Northeast Region 6National Park Service, Acadia National Park *
[email protected] 1 Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 3 Introducing Scenario Planning ........................................................................................................ 4 Briefing on Acadia ...................................................................................................................... 4 Current Signs of Change ............................................................................................................. 5 Drivers and Effects of Climate Change ........................................................................................... 5 Climate Change Scenarios for Acadia National Park (2015-2040) ................................................ 7 Scenario Descriptions .................................................................................................................