Acadia CLOSED For Business (low income, credit, transfer)

[Newdaawn]

I certainly hope a Northwoods Park isn't accepted in Maine by the Park Service. I am a member of the National Parks consevation association and have received countless mailings on what they are doing with out ($$$) and how they need donations. How in the world would they be able to sustain "another" National Park. Just makes little sence to me.

[Kracer]

Who Owns Maine's Forest?

"The public owns roughly 6% (1,000,000 acres) of Maine forestland. Of that, the state of Maine owns Baxter State Park (235,000 acres), 55 State Wildlife Management Areas, 29 Public Reserve Lands (482,000 acres), and 32 State Parks (from 500 to 43,000 acres in size). In total, the state owns more than 800,000 acres of public land. The federal government owns the other 200,000 acres of forest, including the part of the White Mountain National Forest located in western Maine, Acadia National Park, and five National Wildlife Refuges scattered across the state."


Interesting, if you go to the national park service website and click on acadia, you get redirected to this page because of the government shutdown...

U.S. Department of the Interior

[Maineguy04654]

Well today about 10am 14 people on 4 wheelers and one UTV went all the way up Cadillac mountain. Called channel 5 but they never showed up. Or so I was told anyway...

[slyfox2]

Originally Posted by Sayid Linus

I read some accounts of that race from several bloggers. Interestingly, I would like cloudy and maybe 50- 55 degrees for marathon day.

Thanks for the link.

We drove by them on the way to Quaker Meeting in Northeast Harbor on Sunday, last October 19, 2012. We had to keep reminding ourselves that they were in a race and didn't want to be "picked up in the car." Some of them looked very miserable, running with plastic trash bags that people had apparently given them. I'm betting they will have the right gear the next time the have to possibly run in the rain.

[Northern Maine Land Man]

A couple of decades ago there was a group called "The Toppers". They rode snowmobiles up to mountain peaks in Maine and NH. Some of their snowmobiles had winches on them. Photos were taken atop the mountains with the riders wearing hats and masks. The forest cops take a dim view of such adventures.

[slyfox2]

Originally Posted by Maineguy04654

Well today about 10am 14 people on 4 wheelers and one UTV went all the way up Cadillac mountain. Called channel 5 but they never showed up. Or so I was told anyway...

I hope that you meant they went up the closed car road and not up the trails. That would be difficult even in a motor cycle. I have friends who've been on the park roads even the one up Cadillac, in bicycles since the park closed. Its really only closed to cars and buses.

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by slyfox2

It would be nice if the State would take over the park. But I don't see this happening, and its probably even illegal. Good luck on telling the Feds to stay out of Federal parks. That simply doesn't jive with reality. Whether Maine has the money in the budget to manage it is irrelevant since there is no way to the the crown to bug off. Maybe you know some way I don't.

BTW Maine is a poorer state; there is nothing whining about it. Compared to Maryland or Virginia or Pennsylvania, it is poor. Its listed as #33 in the poverty status; #32 by household income. While not at the bottom with Mississippi, we are certainly in the lower half. 63% of the states are richer than Maine.

Its a fact, not a whine.

Fortunately the Cost-Of-Living in Maine is such that allows for so many low-income families to still thrive and be prosperous.

[Maineguy04654]

Originally Posted by slyfox2

I hope that you meant they went up the closed car road and not up the trails. That would be difficult even in a motor cycle. I have friends who've been on the park roads even the one up Cadillac, in bicycles since the park closed. Its really only closed to cars and buses.

Yes on the road. I "hear" a bottle of champagne was opened and shared by the group of freedom loving owners of the park.

[Northern Maine Land Man]

"Its really only closed to cars and buses."

In Florida the federal government tried to close the ocean. Hey, you can't make this stuff up.

[slyfox2]

Originally Posted by Northern Maine Land Man

"Its really only closed to cars and buses."

In Florida the federal government tried to close the ocean. Hey, you can't make this stuff up.

Yeah I heard that! ROTFLMFAO!!!