The outdoor retailer has brought $5.5 million to the service since 2002. The service is part of transit solutions critical to Acadia’s future, said Acadia’s chief.
National Parks Service Director Chuck Sams visited the Great Meadow wetland in Acadia National Park last week to talk about the federal funding behind the restoration effort.
While commercial fishing and aquaculture activities are part of the bay’s heritage, the latest proposal “is fundamentally different” from other activities, said opponents.
Mount Desert Island’s Acadia Senior College has invited both the company and its critics to make their cases separately in a free, two-part online program on Tuesday, May 10, and Tuesday, May 17.