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Acadia National Park has been awarded $192,286 for trail maintenance, the National Park Service announced Saturday.

Friends of Acadia will provide another $259,112 for trail maintenance through the park service’s Centennial Challenge program, which is distributing $50 million nationwide for maintenance and infrastructure projects at 42 parks in 29 states.

Congress approved $20 million for the projects which will be matched by $33 million from park partners to improve trails, restore buildings and increase visitor access.

Friends of Acadia is a private nonprofit founded in 1986 to support Acadia National Park.

Since 2015 the National Park Service has received over $45 million in funding from Congress through the Centennial Challenge, attracting more than $77 million from partner organizations to support projects designed to reinvigorate national parks.

 

Beth Quimby reports on Maine on the weekends, when most Mainers are off the job and anything can happen. She worked for newspapers since she was in high school when she started out on her father’s New...

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