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    Acadia

    National Park Maine

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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

BioBlitz for Beginners: Inventorying Acadia's Spider Population

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Date: July 6, 2007
Contact: Kelly Pontbriand, 207-288-1316

Become an Arachnologist for the day! Join Jonathan Mays (Maine Department of Inland Fish and Wildlife) for an informative public workshop on spider natural history, ecology, habitat preferences and collecting techniques. Following an indoor discussion, participants will take part in specimen collecting in the field and contributing to a weekend-long rapid biodiversity assessment of Acadia National Park’s Schoodic Section.   

The Spider Blitz will be held at the Schoodic Education and Research Center on Sunday, July 22, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This will be Acadia’s fifth annual BioBlitz and is co-sponsored by the Maine Entomological Society, Maine Forest Service, University of Maine, and the George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History at College of the Atlantic. 

Local residents, teachers, students, business owners, and interested visitors are invited and encouraged to participate in the Spider Blitz.  The program is free, but does require advanced registration.For more information or to register, contact Kelly Pontbriand via e-mail or at 207-288-1316. Registration deadline is Friday, July 20.

Did You Know?

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The Guide's Guide to Acadia National Park, originally created to share important information about the park's facilities and natural and cultural resources with commercial guides, is available to the public on this website. The guide contains everything you would want to know about the park. More...