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Park Loop Road opening
May 17, 2013: The entire Park Loop Road and all other paved roads in the park open today. All dirt roads in the park, including the Seal Cove Road, will open on June 3.
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Trail closures
April 22, 2013: The Precipice, Orange and Black, Valley Cove, and Jordan Cliffs Trails are closed until further notice because of nesting peregrine falcons. All other trails in the park are open, whether accessible from the park or from state roads.
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Hulls Cove Visitor Center
May 17, 2013: The visitor center will open on May 19 and will be open 9-5 every day. All park passes are available there. There is an accessible entrance at the back of the building for those who have trouble climbing stairs.
Animals of Acadia - Teacher Resources
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Various habitats and animals are explored in the park on this fourth-grade program. Emphasis is placed on understanding animal adaptations and endangered species by studying Acadia's beavers and peregrine falcons. Educator's Guide (pdf - 377kb) - Images are low resolution to reduce file size. All items are available from the Educator's Resource Library unless otherwise indicated with a *. General Bibliography Long, Kim. Beavers, A Wildlife Handbook. Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 2000. Strong, Paul. Where Waters Run Beavers. Minnetonka, MN: Northwood Press, 1997. Teacher Literature Braus, Judy, ed. Nature Scope - Amazing Mammals, Part I. Washington, DC: National Wildlife Federation, 1988. Braus, Judy, ed. Nature Scope - Amazing Mammals, Part II. Washington, DC: National Wildlife Federation, 1988. MacDonald, Sharon. The Earth's Habitats. USA: Simon and Schuster Education Group, 1993. Tomikel, John. The Nature of Things: Animals and Habitats. Elgin, PA: Allegheny Press, 1983. Wexo, John Bonnett. Zoobooks - Endangered Animals. San Diego, CA: Wildlife Educators, Ltd., 1993. Student Literature Alden, Peter. Peterson First Guides - Mammals. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1987. Brady, Irene. Beaver Year. USA: Nature Works, 1987. Buck, Margaret Waring. Where They Go in Winter. Nashville,TN: Abingdon Press, 1968. Burnie, David. Eyewitness Explorers: Mammals. New York, NY: Doring Kindersley, Inc., 1993. Burton, Maurice. The Life of Birds. New York, NY: Golden Press, 1972. Field, Nancy and Sally Machlis. Discovering Endangered Species. Corallis, OR: Dog - Eared Publications, 1990. Fourie, Denise K. Hawks, Owls, and other Birds of Prey. New Jersey: Silver Burdett Press, 1995. Green, John. Birds of Prey: Coloring Book. New York, NY: Dover Publications, 1989. Jessar, Jenny. Our Living World: Mammals. Woodbridge, CT: Blackbirch Press, 1993. Mills, Enos A. In a Beaver World. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1913/1990. Pope, Joyce. Animal Journeys. United States: Troll Associates, 1994. Pope, Joyce. Animal Homes. United States: Troll Associates, 1994. Wallace, Karen. Think of a Beaver. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 1993. Wexo, John Bonnett. Zoobooks - Birds of Prey. San Diego, CA: Wildlife Educators, Ltd., 1991. Wexo, John Bonnett. Zoobooks - Endangered Animals. San Diego, CA: Wildlife Educators, Ltd., 1993. |
Did You Know?
The Passamaquoddy Kit is an educational tool for teachers to help teach students about Passamaquoddy culture in Maine. The kit is a collaboration between the Abbe Museum and Acadia National Park staff.