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When Someone Needed Help at Acadia’s Monument Cove This July, Traffic Got in the Way.
The park plans a dedicated lane near Sand Beach for Island Explorer buses and emergency vehicles as officials look for ways to keep people moving.
 • Carrie Jones
Friends of Acadia Email Newsletter
RAISE Grant to Expand Island Explorer Fleet 18 Percent
 • Carrie Jones
Year-to-Date Acadia National Park Numbers Show 2% Decrease in Visits.
Visits to the park are 2% below last year through August, yet other measures—from bus ridership to commercial coaches—point to a more complicated…
 • Carrie Jones
A Proposed New Nationwide Plan Could Give Acadia National Park a Somewhat Different Role.
Draft documents obtained by NOTUS describe a proposed National Park Service reorganization that would place some parks at the center of regional “hub…
 • Carrie Jones
Acadia National Park Advisory Commission to meet on September 14
Press release
They’re Carrying Bags of Soil Up Acadia’s Mountains. Here’s Why.
Twenty Hikers, 311 Pounds of Soil and One Mountain’s Summit Is Being Restored.
How Did Gus Find His Home? Through a Community of Hundreds of Strangers Who Helped.
The friendly dog found wandering near Pretty Marsh was safe at the Hancock County SPCA while a community started trying to figure out where he belonged.
 • Carrie Jones
“Thank You for Keeping This Park Alive and Beautiful.”
Advocates and Acadia visitors marked the National Park Service’s birthday by thanking park employees and calling attention to vacancies, funding cuts…
 • Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar
National Park Advocates Unite on August 25 to Show Support for Park Staff and Urge Washington to Defend America’s Legacy.
To honor the 110th birthday of the National Park Service and commemorate America’s 250th, National Parks Conservation Association sends a message to…
People Are Building Hundreds of Rock Stacks on Bar Island. Here's Why Park Stewards (and Some Visitors and Locals) Are Taking Them Down.
For some visitors, the stones are art and play. For park stewards, they're rock graffiti that can damage a fragile landscape.
 • Carrie Jones
Massachusetts Man Spends Night in Hancock County Jail after Allegedly Threatening Campers at Seawall.
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK—Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to Seawall Campground in Acadia National Park at approximately 9 p.m., Wednesday night…
 • Carrie Jones and Shaun Farrar
To Protect a Historic Bridge, Mount Desert Will Drill Beneath It.
The nearly $2 million Jordan Pond Road project will use directional boring to protect a 1931 Acadia National Park bridge.
 • Carrie Jones
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