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Bass Head Harbor Lighthouse, Acadia National Park

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Bass Head Harbor Light Station, built in 1858, is the only lighthouse on Mount Desert Island and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Alex Bryan, a climatologist with the DOI Northeast Climate Science Center (managed by USGS) is implementing scenario planning techniques to help Acadia National Park identify potential future climate conditions, enabling managers to start planning for how to best protect the park's resources, like this historic lighthouse, now.

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