Three hikers violated a wilderness closure at Acadia National Park/NPS
Acadia National Park rangers are hoping to learn the identities of three individuals who violated a closure order in place to protect nesting peregrine falcons on the east face of Champlain Mountain.
According to a park release, two men and a woman were seen partway up the Precipice Trail on the morning of July 24. Most of the east face of Champlain Mountain, including the entirety of the Precipice Trail, is closed for several months every year to support the protection of Peregrine Falcons, their nesting sites, and surrounding habitat. Peregrine Falcons are a federally protected species under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Precipice Trail Closure/NPS
Research has shown that nesting peregrine falcons are particularly vulnerable to human activities, which can disturb the adults and make them less attentive to the eggs or chicks. Human activities near a nesting area can lead to temporary or permanent abandonment of the nest by the adults leaving chicks susceptible to hypothermia, starvation, and predation.
This closure is clearly marked at the trail site, and it is widely publicized across various platforms, including Acadia National Park’s official website and social media accounts. Information from other visitors is often very helpful to investigators. If you were in the area of the Precipice Trail on July 24, 2024, or if you have information that could help, please contact the park. You don’t have to tell rangers who you are, but they ask that you share what you know.
CALL the NPS Tip Line 888-653-0009
ONLINE go.nps.gov/SubmitATip EMAIL [email protected]
EMERGENCY dial 9-1-1
Closeups of two men who the Park Service said violated a trail closure/NPS
Comments
These people have no respect. The 1st offense should include a fine of 10k wildlife importance training and banned from all national parks for 1 year. 2nd offense fine, training and banned for 5 years and 3rd offense banned for life.
Community service, cleaning trails, helping in rescue centers, latrine duty, 'raking the forest floor' would be a decent learning life lessons punishment
Yes you dip, jailtime would be my recommendation. I wish a grizzly would have showed up and ate the dips. That would have got through to the dense no brain idiots
RIGHT ON DW
Motion detection traul cams that the Park Rangers monitor in the closed season. They could see if it was human and intervention was needed. Manditory working with wildlife rehab people to see what interference by human causes.