ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Out with the orchids, in with the deadly nightshade. The profile of plants found in Acadia National Park has been shifting over the past century, with some species declining and others on the rise, and researchers believe climate change is mainly to blame. Some of the plants that are becoming more […]
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Man injured in 60-foot fall from cliff in Acadia
BAR HARBOR (AP) — Maine officials say a 22-year-old man was seriously injured when he fell 60 feet while climbing a cliff at Acadia National Park. Park authorities said the man was free climbing without ropes or a helmet when he fell off the south wall of Champlain Mountain near the Precipice Trail on Sunday […]
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Man falls 30 feet after losing footing during photo op on Cadillac Mountain
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — A California man has been taken by helicopter to a Bangor hospital after losing his footing Wednesday while posing for a photo near the top of Cadillac Mountain, according to park rangers. It is the fifth rescue by Acadia rangers of an injured or lost hiker in the past three days, […]
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Report: National Park Service visitors spent $8.5 million less in Maine in 2013
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Visitors to Maine’s only national park are estimated to have generated $191.5 million for the state’s economy last year, according to the federal agency that runs the park. A new National Park Service report also indicates spending by visitors to Acadia and to the Saint Croix Island National Historic Site in […]
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Drones banned from Acadia and other national parks
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — If you’re planning a trip to Maine’s only national park and think you might order drone deliveries of batteries or bug spray during your visit, you’ll have to reconsider. Late last week, the director of the National Park Service sent out a memo instructing all park superintendents to ban the use […]
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Acadia rangers find man’s body below bridge in park
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Rangers are investigating the death of a Bar Harbor man whose body was found Sunday in a brook underneath a bridge. The body of Christian Emigh-Doyle, who was in his 20s, was found in Duck Brook late Sunday afternoon by hikers, Ranger Bill Weidner said Tuesday. The body was in the […]
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Report shows Acadia National Park lost visitors, Maine lost $16 million in shutdown
BAR HARBOR — A report issued Monday by the National Park Service said Acadia National Park lost almost 200,000 visits and $16 million in visitor spending from the 16-day federal government shutdown in October 2013. Across the country, the report said, national parks experienced an overall decline of 7.8 million visitors compared with 2012. The […]
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Acadia tourism worth $201 million to Maine economy
BAR HARBOR — A study by the National Park Service says park visitors spent $201 million and supported 3,138 jobs in Maine in 2012. Mike Caldwell, the park service regional director, said Monday that the report shows that national park tourism is a significant economic driver — returning $10 for every $1 invested in the […]
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Bar Harbor businesses stay busy despite Acadia National Park closure, but hotels suffer
BAR HARBOR — Eleven days into the closure of Acadia National Park, the local business community is becoming more anxious about what sort of impact a longer-term federal government shutdown might have on the area’s tourism industry. According to a national group that advocates for national parks and their employees, the closure of the federal […]