3. Legislature
• June 8, 1906
• Sieur de Monts National Monument
• February 26,1919
• Lafayette National Park
• January 19, 1929
• Acadia
• Extra legislation
4. Management Philosphies
• Advisory Comission
• Protect
• Provide
• For the future: Maintain, rehabilitate, development, usage of areas
5. Natural Resources
• Beaches
• Forests
• Glacial erractics
• Intertidal zones
• 14 big and 10 small ponds
• Mountains
• Wetlands
6. Flora and Fauna
• 40 species of mammals
• Mountain lion and gray wolf no longer inhabit the area
• 50% of all the vascular plants in Maine
10. Mount Desert Island
• They want to build a visitor center in Trenton
• Cadillac Mountain which at 1530 is the highest mountain in the
North Atlantic Seaboard
11. Baker Island
• Has a 43 foot high Baker Light Station overlooking Frenchman
Bay
• “Dance Floor”
• 4 cruises
12. Sheep Porcupine Island
• Near Agemont Park
• 22 acres
• Shore Path
• Nesting area for American Eagle and Sea birds
• Only accessible by boat
• Closed February 15-August 31
13. Little Moose Island
• Nesting birds
• Southern Coast of Maine
• Coastal bogs, exposed heath lands
• Spruce/pine
• Tall red granite cliffs
• Low tide = land bridge
15. Bar Harbor
• 60 ft snowfall annually
• Only fjord on the Atlantic Coast of America
• 120 miles of hiking trails
• Beehive and Great Head Trail
16. Great Head Trail
• East of Sand Beach
• 520 ft summit with
• 104 miles long
• Pink Granite cliffs
• Has a view of Otter Cliff, Thunder Hole and Gorham Mountain
• Grey birch trees
20. Fire Management
• Tactics include: Fire prevention, education, preparedness,
suppression, prescribed fire, hazard fuel management, reduction of
wildland/urban interface hazards, monitoring and respect
• This is mainly due to the fire in October of 1947 that lasted till
November 14th and set 10,000 acres ablaze
24. Climbing
• They had to begin closing certain areas to protect birds since 1988
• No climbing on boulders on carriage road bridges
• They use an advising groups that require climbers to register annually
and they must have registration cards
• Also they have to sign a climbing log each day
• Max group size: 12
• These policies are updated every 3 years
25. Protecting the Birds
• Birds require peace when they start trying to hatch their eggs and
raise them during the nesting period
• Sheep Porcupine Island is closed down for nesting of sea birds and
eagles during February 15 through August 31st every year
• Precipice Trial is also closed between March 15th through August 15th
every year