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At Friends of Acadia’s annual meeting, Acadia National Park superintendent Kevin Schneider said he was “turning the table” as ...
Visitation in Acadia has jumped 70% in the last 10 years, bringing with it the need for more employees to help make sure park operations run as smoothly as possible.
Friends of Acadia has purchased an inn to help Acadia National Park to help address a housing crisis, with fewer than 100 beds for the 160 seasonal positions the park wants to fill.
Another forthcoming issue on the rise in Acadia is overpopulation. This overwhelm as retired President and CEO of Friends of Acadia Ken Olson raises the question, “According to the U.S. Census Bureau, ...
Courtesy / Ashley L. Conti, Friends of Acadia Friends of Acadia President and CEO David MacDonald, seen here a year ago at the top of Beech Mountain in Acadia National Park, will step down from ...
Volunteers keep Acadia’s carriage roads ready for skiers Now supported by Friends of Acadia, volunteers have been caring for the trails since the 1980s.
Over the last five years, Friends of Acadia and Acadia National Park, with support from its partners at the local and federal ...
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - A local organization dedicated to Acadia National Park celebrated the last year and looked ahead Wednesday night. Friends of Acadia came together at the Bar Harbor Club for ...
Acadia has its job listings posted online and Friends of Acadia has a page following the changes occurring at the park.
Friends of Acadia reaches an agreement with the National Park Service to allow volunteers to groom some carriage trails, which they had been barred from doing during the shutdown.
Acadia National Park is effectively shutting down in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Park officials announced the closing of the carriage trails, Park Loop Road, campgrounds, visitor centers ...
The Acadia by Carriage wheelchair tours exist thanks to a partnership with a Maine-based conservation organization, Friends of Acadia, and a generous gift from the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation ...