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.
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
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The consequences for these transgressions should be high fines and long jail times. Obviously a slap on the hand is not enough.
Geez3! Are you serious? Long Jail Time? Rather Draconian and out of proportion to the offense here
Who makes the rules D.A.? Surely not you D.S.
Need to start sending strong messages to tourons in our parks.
Disregard for the rules is a defiance of authority. Disregard for the habitat is intentional putting the nested birds at risk intentionally. Personal selfishness separates these three from the community for their behavior Therefore, the law should not pander a sslap on the wrist and a fine or community service.i suggest suspension of patk permits for life, and 200 hours each manual park labor cleaning loos.
Severe fines should be imposed on the individuals if they are apprehended and a required course on wildlife importance.
Might be helpful to have a system to lock down Acadia. Kinda like what they had in effect when the CDC had their research lab right next door. Which is also questionable judgement, but hey.
Why lock down Arcadia because of these stupid individuals that don't know how to read signs. Give them ALL a hefty fines and have them do some trail maintenance in the park. Maybe then they will learn to have some pride in our parks.
Community service, cleaning trails, helping in rescue centers, latrine duty, 'raking the forest floor' would be a decent learning life lessons punishment
RIGHT ON DW
People having no consideration for the health of park inhabitants are just total idiots! My family , without me, did the Behive trail. That was enough for them!
More, and discreet, trail cams.
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.
Fine the turons and bar them from national Parks.
People who think they are above law and do what tgey want for their own pleasure need hefty fine. Suggest NPS put quality video can on trail and in parking lot to id violaters and their car/license plate to id them.
Super Steep fines. License plate numbers and photos upon entering parks. The only way this crap is gonna stop. If you're held accountable before you enter. I'm not even into fascism. But so many people can't follow the rules. I'd rather be pre-approved for NPS passes like the airport Clear project. It's the only way this is going to stop.
More jokers who think the rules don't apply to them. We obviously need much stiffer penalties for this kind of blatant disregard for everything.
If you see something take pics and share with NPS staff as soon as you can. Lifetime ban from all parks would be nice.
Mandatory community service cleaning up highway trash etc. Jail is pointless.
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.
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