Embrace restraint at Acadia National Park, rock by rock
Jacobi C. 2014. Embrace restraint at Acadia National Park, rock by rock. Bangor Daily News. Bangor Maine. 30 Mar 2014. 2
From introduction: "Robert Bukaty’s recent slideshow of rock cairns along the shoreline of Acadia National Park (“Acadia’s balancing rocks”) was striking, but it hints at a larger, long-time problem that is epidemic throughout the park. From time immemorial, humans have constructed cairns to mark travel routes, and that functionality is easily understood. But there is a creative, artistic side to all of us as well, and a desire to leave our mark on the landscape. In a national park with seven-digit visitation annually, an area created primarily for its natural beauty, is it OK to express that creative side through cairn construction if you are not a member of the trail crew? After 30 years of observing, hiking, photographing and reveling in Acadia National Park, personally and professionally, I can say unequivocally and without hesitation: It is not."
- Type
- Newspaper Article
- Authors
- Jacobi, Charlie
- Date of Issue
- 2014-03-30
- Publisher
- Bangor Publishing Company
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- human impact, impacts, rocks, visitor use