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Big Thanks to Our 2024 Seasonal Staff!
Watch the end-of-season presentation to learn more about all they accomplished this year – check out photos from the season, too!
November 7th, 2024
Friends of Acadia’s Stewardship Crew, Recreation Technicians, Summit Stewards, Wild Gardens of Acadia intern, and Communications seasonals just wrapped up their tenures in Acadia. And wow, did they accomplish a lot.
Our seasonal staff does a range of work in the field, from helping build and maintain the park’s trails and carriage roads to employing social science to monitor how visitors move about the park. They engage with park visitors and capture the work—and the lively season—through images and video.
This work has an immediate positive impact on Acadia, but it has far-reaching ripple effects, too. Visitors who learn about Leave No Trace from a Summit Steward will be wiser and more thoughtful users of public lands.
Bogwalk and fences built by the Stewardship Crew and program volunteers will guide visitors and protect fragile vegetation for decades to come. Data gathered by Recreation Technicians helps resource managers make future decisions in Acadia. And images and video help tell the stories of the incredible work happening in the park.
Watch the end-of-season presentation to learn more about all they accomplished this year:
Photos from the 2024 season
Friends of Acadia Summit Stewards Kyra Parker and Eli Shahan talk to visitors and open the Beech Mountain fire tower. (Evie Linantud/Friends of Acadia)
AYCC’s Elvis Rockwell screws a screw into a board while building a bog walk as assistant crew lead Jesus Lovaton films him on Rockwell’s phone. (Evie Linantud/Friends of Acadia)
Stewarship Crew Leaders Barb Nealon and Pete Dubay use string to create a level base when building build a bogwalk on the damaged Ship Harbor trail on July 25, 2024 in Acadia. (Evie Linantud/Friends of Acadia)
Summit Stewards pose with the Champlain Mountain summit sign.
A park visitor fills out a survey about dogs in Acadia given out by Recreation Technician Ella Skolfield while Skolfield pets their dog. (Evie Linantud/Friends of Acadia)
Summit Steward Teghan Oswald repairs a cairn on Cadillac Mountain. (Evie Linantud/Friends of Acadia)
Social Media Content Creator Jillian Trujillo smiles while filming employees and volunteers marching in front of the Acadia National Park float in the Bar Harbor Fourth of July parade. (Evie Linantud/Friends of Acadia)
Summit Stewards (top) Lilly Abbot and (middle) Kyra Parker, top a human pyramid with Recreation Technicians (L-R) Katie Laska, Rebecca Stanley (lead), and Ella Skolfield at the base at the Woodlawn Museum in Ellsworth. (ulia Walker Thomas/Friends of Acadia)
Seasonal staff gather on the beach during Leave No Trace training led by Steph Ley at Donnell Pond in East Hancock. (Evie Linantud/Friends of Acadia)
Friends of Acadia Summit Stewards Amanda Hathaway and Lilly Abbott point out Cadillac Mountain at Schoodic point during a Schoodic Peninsula tour of Acadia National Park. (Evie Linantud/Friends of Acadia)
Friends of Acadia Summit Steward Kyra Parker talks to a visitor at the Beech Mountain fire tower. (Evie Linantud/Friends of Acadia)
AYCC’s Ila Boatraught moves a board while building a bog walk at Great Notch Trail in Acadia National Park. (Evie Linantud/Friends of Acadia)
Recreation Technician Ella Skolfield checks trail counts along the Precipice Trail in Acadia National Park. (Evie Linantud/Friends of Acadia)
Walden Warriors’ Charlie Jacobi builds a cairn while leading a cairn building training with Friends of Acadia seasonal employees on the North Ridge Trail on Cadillac Mountain. (Evie Linantud/Friends of Acadia)
Summit Steward Eli Shahan captures a selfie with fellow Summit Stewards. (Photo by Eli Shahan)
Friends of Acadia seasonal staff laugh before marching in the Bar Harbor Fourth of July parade. (Evie Linantud/Friends of Acadia)
Acadia National Park’s Vegetation Program Manager Jesse Wheeler leads a plant overview for Friends of Acadia seasonal employees on Cadillac Mountain. (Evie Linantud/Friends of Acadia)
Summit Steward Emily Padden and Visual Storytelling & Visual Assets Manager Julia Walker Thomas staff the Friends of Acadia table at Bar Harbor Pride. (Evie Linantud/Friends of Acadia)
Recreation Technician Lead Becca Stanley and Rec Tech Ella Skolfield pose for a photo while planning an experiment at Great Meadow in Acadia National Park. (Evie Linantud/Friends of Acadia)
