Is Acadia Ennndangered?
 A cadia’s designation as a national park, established and protected by law, assures us that the park will always be here, but long-term protection of the qualities we love is not necessarily assured. Acadia was established to preserve the natural, cultural, and scenic resources of this rugged coastal area, including the mountains, historic hiking trails and carriage roads, and all that makes up the spectacular natural scenery that people come from all over the world to enjoy.   Over the course of time, park management and our advocates must routinely resolve threats or potential threats to the park or we risk losing some of Acadia’s special character. The most insidious threats are the smaller impacts that add up over time to be major losses. It is similar to watching children grow; the changes seem much more dramatic to a relative who sees the child once a year than to a parent who sees the child every day. For example, development pressures on Mount Desert Island are steady
