Treading Lightly on Acadia

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Treading Lightly on Acadia Managing Outdoor Recreation: Case Studies in the National Parks, 2nd Edition

Sieur de Monts National Monument (1916) Acadia National Park (1929) 47,000 acres of park land 140 miles of trails 50 miles of Carriage Road 2.8 million annual visits (2015)

Acadia National Park https://www.nps.gov/acad/index.htm

Maybe the most intensively used national park Thousands of hikers each day As many as 5,000 visitors to the summit of Cadillac Mountain each day Soil compaction and erosion Trampling of vegetation Altering/building cairns Walking off trails Unleashed dogs

Bates Cairn

Impacts to resources: Impacts to soil, vegetation, rocks, wildlife Impacts to experience: Crowding; depreciative behavior Impacts to facilities/service: Trails, cairns, attraction sites

Management strategy: Reduce the impact of recreation Practice: Information/education; facility development/site design/maintenance

Information/Education Partners: Leave No Trace; Friends of Acadia Ridge runners: educating hikers in “Leave No Trace” principles Signs and videos

Facility Development/Site Design/Maintenance Partners: Friends of Acadia, Acadia Youth Conservation Corps (AYCC) Maintain trails, cairns, campgrounds and attraction sites

Acadia Pet Policy https://www.nps.gov/acad/planyourvisit/pets.htm

Leave No Trace http://www.lnt.org/

NPS Leave No Trace video http://www.nps.gov/features/wilderness/leavenotrace/popup.html

Acadia Leave No Trace video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x0xnKb55Ek