Acadia is looking for hikers who climbed trail closed to protect baby peregrine falcons

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 2, 2024

Acadia National Park is looking for three hikers who recently violated a closure order meant to protect nesting peregrine falcons. Two men and a woman hiked the Precipice Trail on July 24 while it was closed to protect vulnerable peregrine falcons raising their young, according to Amanda Pollock, a spokesperson for Acadia National Park. Those suspects face charges. Human activity near a nesting area can lead peregrine falcons to temporarily or permanently abandon a nesting area, leaving their chicks vulnerable to hypothermia, starvation or predation.