acadia national park
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PublishedAugust 29, 2024
Acadia-related spending drops for second year as fewer people visit
The number of visitors and how much they're spending on hotels and restaurants has been dropping since 2021, but the numbers are still much higher than they were before the pandemic.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2024
My Perfect Day: An outdoors writer explores her favorite parts of Acadia
Working for Friends of Acadia, Shannon Bryan has gotten to know all of the national park's nooks and crannies.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2024
Hikers face charges for violating trail closure at Acadia National Park
Several trails at Acadia are closed for parts of each year to protect endangered peregrine falcons, which nest on cliffs.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2024
Assessing Acadia National Park’s future climate: Warm or hot?
A new report from the National Park Service directs Acadia to plan for two different climate futures: warm and dry, or hot and sticky. Only one thing is certain, NPS climate scientists say: The park of the future will look very different.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2024
Sweetgrass harvesting may return to Acadia
Gathering sweetgrass, which the Wabanaki have traditionally used in basket weaving and for ceremonies, has been outlawed in the national park since it was formally established in 1916.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2024
Online booking alerts now offered for busy Acadia National Park
The email alerts from recreation.gov let travelers know when preferred camp sites and vehicle reservations are available.
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PublishedJune 28, 2024
Acadia National Park to electrify its bus fleet with $23 million federal grant
The U.S. Department of Transportation granted Downeast Transportation Inc. the funding to buy 23 electric buses.
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PublishedMay 23, 2024
Air quality in Maine to improve for Memorial Day weekend
The state issued an ozone warning for the higher elevations in Acadia National Park on Thursday.
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PublishedApril 10, 2024
Acadia to receive $1 million for ecosystem restoration, climate change projects
The park says it will use a 2-eyed seeing approach, which is the practice of integrating indigenous knowledge with Western science.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2024
Portland man sentenced to 48 years for killing girlfriend at Acadia
A jury found Raymond Lester guilty of murder in the June 2022 death of Nicole Mokeme after he ran her over with his car and then fled to Mexico.
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