![]() More people out hiking perhaps, which could be due to more active visitor demographic. We have had some occasions where we had 2 or even 3 running simultaneously. There has been a spike in SARs this year.Search and Rescue (SAR), law enforcement has figured out how to minimize risk during these activities.Acadia simply did not have enough staff to clean restrooms at a frequency necessary to prevent the spread of COVID there are a lot of restrooms in the campgrounds. Now most everything is back up and running.Took us longer to re-open the park in June because many staff were at home through much of April and part of March.Visitor information is taking place outdoors – Sieur du Monts, Hulls Cove, Schoodic.We have generally doubled the cleaning intensity of restrooms Focused heavily on cleaning, particularly restrooms.Visitation will rebound as it already has.Thankfully we are an outdoor park – we know that the risk of transmission of the virus is substantially reduced in an outdoor setting No idea what the next 6 weeks will hold – people seem to be making travel plans last minute.There was a 10% decline parkwide in August o Schoodic was down closer to 20% this August.However, no Island Explorer and very few commercial bus passengers We actually had almost 5% more cars entering thru Sand Beach this August – second highest number in 20 years.Month of July was off 27%, but the last week was only off by 12% July started picking back up beginning with the 4th of July and literally getting busier by the week since then.YTD visitation down 32% from 2019 visitation to all national parks is down about 55% from last year.Kendall will represent the Town of Mount Desert. Kevin Schneider welcomed Kendall Davis to the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission.SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT – Kevin Schneider, Superintendent Park Status Update (Kevin Schneider) The June 3rd, 2020, meeting was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.) (There were no minutes to approve for February 1st, 2020, as the meeting was a non-official meeting due to not being published in the Federal Register within 10 days of the meeting. ![]() Motion carries.Ī motion was made by Ben Worcester to accept the minutes of the Advisory Commission Meeting of September 9th, 2019 seconded by Ken Smith all approved no opposed. to order.Ī motion was made by Ken Smith to accept the agenda for the September 14, 2020, meeting seconded by Ben Worcester all approved as is, no opposed. The Commission Chair called the meeting of the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission, Monday, September 14th, 2020, 1:00 p.m. When you would like to request to speak, please raise your hand. Mike covered the logistics of the WebEx meeting please mute microphones unless speaking.LOGISTICS – Mike Madell, Deputy Superintendent
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