Black Bears Are Showing Up Around MDI. Wildlife Officials Say Secure Your Trash.

Black Bears Are Showing Up Around MDI. Wildlife Officials Say Secure Your Trash.

Carrie Jones Sep 18, 2026 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Thrive Juice Bar & Kitchen. MOUNT DESERT—A woman pulling into her driveway near Beech Hill Cross Road this week found an unexpected visitor waiting nearby: a black bear, accompanied by two cubs. The bears had also discovered something else nearby — outdoor garbage cans. Other residents along Ripples Pond Road reported that their … Continue reading Black Bears Are Showing Up Around MDI. Wildlife Officials Say Secure Your Trash.

From Rare Visitors to Regular Sightings, The Bears in Acadia National Park. Trash, Trail Cameras, and DNA: Inside the Effort to Count Acadia’s Bears.

From Rare Visitors to Regular Sightings, The Bears in Acadia National Park.

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.

Park Officials Urge Bear Awareness as Sightings Rise on MDI

Town Hill’s Bear May Be Harvested

Shaun Farrar Sep 17, 2025 The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by Havana. BAR HARBOR—The bear that was first accused of killing two goats and some rabbits in May is now being accused of killing baby rabbits at the same property and not eating them. This behavior that is being attributed to one bear, but there have been sightings of multiple bears at one time on Mount … Continue reading Town Hill’s Bear May Be Harvested