ACADIA NATIONAL PARKKelsey Tremble

Natural Features Located on the eastern coast of Maine,

mostly on Mount Desert Island Includes a variety of ecosystems and

diverse communities Protects beaches, shorelines, forests,

intertidal and subtidal zones, lakes, ponds, mountains, wetlands, marshes, and swamps

Was not designed to protect one ecological feature, but rather meant to highlight the rich diversity of coastal Maine

Climate Spring and

summer temperatures range from 30 degrees 90degrees F.

Fall and winter seasons see temperatures as low as below zero to as high as the low 70s.

Wildlife

Loon Beaver Peregrine Chick

Jonah Crab Puffin Lobster

Moose

Threats Air Pollution

Class I area under the Clean Air Act Park must be under the highest level of air-

quality protection Non-native Species

12 non-native plant species are of high management concern within the park

Visitation More than 2 million people visit the park annually

for recreation, bringing pollution with them

Current Conservation Efforts Propane-powered

Island Explorer buses that reduce traffic, parking problems, and air pollution

Air-monitoring sites help to study the air quality and research ways to improve it

Bibliography Hanlon, Michael. "Claws for Concern? Scientists Suggest

Prawns and Lobsters Feel Pain Just like Humans | Mail Online." Home | Mail Online. 9 Nov. 2007. Web. 18 Jan. 2011. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-492557/Claws-concern-Scientists-suggest-prawns-lobsters-feel-pain-just-like-humans.html>.

 "Acadia National Park | OutsideOnline.com." Adventure Travel, Gear, and Fitness | OutsideOnline.com. May 2007. Web. 18 Jan. 2011. <http://outsideonline.com/destinations/200705/acadia.html>.

"Acadia National Park - Home (U.S. National Park Service)." U.S. National Park Service - Experience Your America. 13 Dec. 2010. Web. 18 Jan. 2011. <http://www.nps.gov/acad/index.htm>.