The annual volunteer tradition brings community together to help protect Acadia’s historic carriage roads. Please register by ...

October is Donor-Advised Funds Month, which means now is a great time to review your account and consider your long-term plans. Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) have become one of the most popular ...

Acadia’s Perpendicular Trail feels like a lucky rock-spilling accident. Amid a massive tumble of granite blocks, artfully positioned boulders and rock steps—more than 300 of them—welcome hikers along ...

On a bright, sunny day at Hulls Cove Visitor Center, Island Explorer bus ambassadors help first-time park visitors board a bus bound for Sand Beach. Elsewhere in the park, a group of friends looks ...

1985 Marianne Edwards and a group of park volunteers discuss the need for a community organization to help Acadia National Park. Park Superintendent Ron Wrye approves the idea. 1986 Friends of Acadia ...

In 1986 Friends of Acadia founders envisioned a membership-based and volunteer-powered organization that would translate their love for Acadia into tangible good for the park. For more than three ...

Grab your hiking boots, leash up your four-legged friend, and help restore fragile habitat on some of Acadia National Park’s highest peaks. Friends of Acadia invites hikers and their dogs to join the ...

Seasonal teams have long been essential to the Friends of Acadia’s mission, contributing energy, skill, and a fresh perspective to projects ranging from trail stewardship to education to community ...

At the summit of Sargent Mountain, 20 sweaty hikers pull black plastic bags from their packs and pile them together on the granite terrain. Inside each bag is anywhere from five to 25 pounds of soil, ...

For 65 years, the Wild Gardens of Acadia has showcased the native plants of Acadia National Park in 13 plant communities—communities of native plants similar to those visitors encounter as they walk ...

Each year, Friends of Acadia recognizes outstanding individuals who have gone above and beyond in service to Acadia. In this anniversary year, it feels especially fitting to honor three people whose ...