PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 8, 2025
International tourists will have to wait and see how their upcoming visits to Acadia National Park will be affected by President Donald Trump’s call to increase fees paid at National Park Service sites. The president issued an executive order on Thursday directing Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to increase entrance and other fees charged to nonresidents at national parks and other federal lands used for recreational purposes. The order comes on the heels of significant staffing and budget cuts to the park service, and lacks significant details, including how much fees would increase, when they would take effect, how the park service would single out foreign visitors and whether other national park sites in Maine would be affected beyond Acadia.