Trash, Trail Cameras, and DNA: Inside the Effort to Count Acadia’s Bears. Apr 18, 2026 by Sabrina Martin/BDN Acadia National Park has drawn visitors for more than 100 years who come to enjoy the rocky shorelines and cool summer breezes. Local residents have mostly grown to accept the presence of millions of tourists who descend on MDI each summer and fall, but in the past couple … Continue reading From Rare Visitors to Regular Sightings, The Bears in Acadia National Park.