BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 5, 2024
Acadia National Park has identified three hikers who violated a trail closure last month but is still weighing its options as the case remains under investigation. The names of the hikers are not being released at this time, Amanda Pollock, spokesperson for the park, said Monday. The trio hiked up Precipice Trail in Acadia — and were photographed while doing so — despite the trail being closed to hikers for months in order to protect nesting peregrine falcons. The birds, which are protected under state and federal law, return each spring to nesting sites in the park on the steep sides of Champlain, Penobscot and St. Sauveur mountains.