Acadia National Park

Drop-in Stewardship Volunteering with Friends of Acadia

<p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">As a Friends of Acadia drop-in volunteer, you’ll see a new side of Acadia, feel a deeper connection to the park, and leave this national treasure a little better than you found it.</span></p> <p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Our Drop-in Stewardship Volunteer Program occurs every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from June through the end of October. While being led by our amazing Volunteer Crew Leaders, you’ll help with important work like cutting back vegetation, clearing drainage features, building bogwalk, tread work, weeding carriage roads, and other tasks.</span></p> <p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Projects run from 8:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., weather permitting, and no experience or reservation is required!</span></p>

Lokalizacja: Park and meet at the Hulls Cove Storage Facility, located near the Hulls Cove Visitor Center, Visitor Center Rd, Bar Harbor, ME 04609. (This is the same location as in 2024. Park HQ is under construction.) Enter via the Hulls Cove Visitor Center entrance off Route 3 in Bar Harbor. Continue past the Visitor Center parking lot on Paradise Hill Road. When the road splits, bear left to the Hulls Cove Storage Facility. (Note: There is an “authorized vehicles only” as well as a “do not enter” sign, but if you are there to volunteer just continue past those! Don’t worry, we’ll have signs out to help guide you!)

Acadia National Park

Wetland Revival – Walking the Path of Restoration

<p><span data-teams="true">Join a ranger on a mostly level 2.3 mile walk through the Great Meadow, to learn how Acadia National Park, the Schoodic Institute, and Friends of Acadia are working together to restore a damaged wetland.</span></p> <p><strong>Accessibility:</strong> You may request sign language, live audio description, assistive listening devices, or other accommodation for any scheduled park event or program at Acadia by contacting us at least 10 days in advance at <span class="TextRun SCXW107691602 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW107691602 BCX0">207-288-3338, option 0,</span></span> or acadia_information@nps.gov. Learn more at https://go.nps.gov/AcadiaAccessibility</p>

Lokalizacja: Outside Sieur de Monts Nature Center

Acadia National Park

Take Pride in Acadia Day

<p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Volunteers of all ages, come out to help us put the help us put the carriage roads to bed for the season! We rake leaves out of the drainage ditches on the carriage roads to reduce risks of leaf dams, and clogged culverts. It is a wonderful community event that ends with chili, corn bread, cider, and cake!</span></p>