BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 5, 2026
Hundreds of educational placards have been flagged for removal at Acadia and other national parks because of President Trump’s efforts to politically control information available to park visitors. The entries at Acadia park include displays about climate change and indigenous history. Trump’s March 2025 order instructed the park service to pull displays that “disparage Americans past or living” and distract from the “grandeur of the American landscape.” A coalition of scientists and historians are suing the Department of Interior for the administration’s attempts to “erase history and censor science at America’s national parks.” It appears most of those tied to Acadia National Park have already been taken down from public view. 30 signs detailing the mountain’s importance to the Wabanaki nations and the impacts of climate change were removed from the summit of Cadillac Mountain and the Great Meadow last September.