Acadia style - Using historic precedents to rehabilitate hiking trails
Brown MC and Barter C. 2003. Acadia style - Using historic precedents to rehabilitate hiking trails. National Park Service, Olmsted c;nter for Landscape Preservation. Waltham, MA
A portion from the introduction: "This paper will describe the overall planning process, with an emphasis on the treatment of historic stonework by relearning and preserving the traditional craftsmanship evident on Acadia's trails. Project team members from the Olmsted Center and Acadia National Park rediscovered historic stonework techniques at Acadia through field investigations. These historical techniques are now combined with modem methods to address current park operational needs and the methodology described herein has been successfully implemented in the field. Research and planning work by the team aided in building a constituency for trail care, justified the physical work needed, provided guidance to seasonal trail crews during implementation, and helped preserve the historic "Acadia Style" of trail construction. This effort ultimately culminated in a thirteen million-dollar endowment for trail system rehabilitation through the efforts of the Friends of Acadia and Acadia Trails Forever Campaign."
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Brown, Margaret; Barter, Chris
- Date of Issue
- 2003
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Olmsted c;nter for Landscape Preservation
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Hiking, Land Use, Managment, Maps, Mount Desert Island, Plan, Trails, Visitors