Acadia National Park Revegetation Program 2006 Annual Summary
Langley GE. 2006. Acadia National Park Revegetation Program 2006 Annual Summary. Acadia National Park Natural Resources Report 2006-15. Acadia National Park. Bar Harbor, ME
Portions of following taken from abstract: 'In 2006, a total of 32 revegation sites were planted or maintained in Acadia National Park. Goals for revegetation projects included restoring native vegetation following construction and trail maintenance, mitigating visitor degredation, and establishing screening. Fifteen new sites were revegetated using genetically native plants and seed. Additionally 99 previously revegetated sub-sites at Seawall Campground and 10 sites at Blackwoods Campground were quantitatively monitored for revegetation progress. Overall, 38.5 acres of park land were planted and 1592 personnel hours were invested in revegetation projects'... Report describes details, including details on species used at each site, of revegetation projects accomplished. Appendix A includes digital photos of revegetated sites. /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Blackwoods Campground/Lower Mountain Roadside/Thunder Hole/Sieur de Monts/Cadillac Mountain/Fabbri Restroom/Precipice/Kebo Connector Trail/Beehive Trail/Seawall Campground/Duck Brook Bridge/Jordan Pond Dam Bridge/Waterfall Bridge/Hemlock Bridge/Amphitheater Bridge/Triad/Day Mountain Carriage Road Bridge/Western Point Wall/Echo Lake Restroom/Flying Mountain Trail/Giant Slide Trail/Beech Cliff Trail/Long Pond Trail/Bubble Pond Carriage Road Bridge/Jordan Pond Carry Trail/Deer Brook Trail/SCHOODIC PENINSULA/Schoodic Point Restroom/Frazer Point/ GIS CATEGORY 1: Appendix B (page 209) lists GPS coordinates for revegetation sites.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Langley, Geneva
- Date of Issue
- 2006
- Publisher
- Acadia National Park
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Amphitheater Bridge, Beech Cliff Trail, Beehive Trail, Blackwoods Campground, Bubble Pond Carriage Road Bridge, Cadillac Mountain, Day Mountain Carriage Road Bridge, Deer Brook Trail, Duck Brook Bridge, Echo Lake Restroom, Fabbri Restroom, Flying Mountain Trail, Frazer Point, Giant Slide Trail, Hemlock Bridge, Jordan Pond Carry Trail, Jordan Pond Dam Bridge, Kebo Connector Trail, Long Pond Trail, Lower Mountain Roadside, Mount Desert Island, Plants, Precipice, Restoration, Revegetation, Schoodic Peninsula, Schoodic Point Restroom, Seawall Campground, Sieur de Monts, Soils, Stabilization (Erosion Control), Terrestrial, Thunder Hole, Triad, Vascular Plants, Visitors, Vistas, Waterfall Bridge, Western Point Wall