At Acadia National Park, 230 employees and 2,500 volunteers build and maintain 1

Authors

Abby Zimet

Source

Down East

Date

7-1-2005

Pages

78-83, 116-117

Abstract

At Acadia National Park, 230 employees and 2,500 volunteers build and maintain 149 miles of trail--including the new Sargeant East Cliffs Trail, 103 miles of roads, 215 buildings, 137 miles of drainage ditches, museums with 865,000 archeological artifacts, 60 high-end research projects, and 500 campsites. The nonprofit Friends of Acadia recruit volunteers and last year raised almost $13 million to underwrite trail work. Current projects worth over $11 million are in the works, thanks in part to the restructuring of user fees under 1997 Congressional legislation. With details on the diverse park work done by volunteers and employees.

Subjects

Acadia National Park

Recommended Citation

Zimet, Abby, "At Acadia National Park, 230 employees and 2,500 volunteers build and maintain 1" (2005). Maine News Index - Down East Magazine. 2888.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_downeast/2888