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Jun 16, 2026
The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by<\/em> Thrive Juice Bar & Kitchen<\/a><\/em>.
By Sabrina Martin\/BDN
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK\u2014After a federal judge late last week ordered the Trump administration to restore signage that it had removed from national parks, some messages about the impact of climate change were on display in Acadia on Monday.
But some displays that were removed last fall from public view in Acadia have yet to reappear.
A March 2025 order issued by President Donald Trump instructed the National Park Service to pull displays that could \u201cdisparage Americans past or living\u201d and distract from the \u201cgrandeur of the American landscape.\u201d
The order<\/a> said that American history was being rewritten with \u201ca distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth\u201d and that a \u201crevisionist movement\u201d was trying to undermine the country\u2019s achievements by \u201ccasting its founding principles and historical milestones in a negative light.\u201d
One visitor to Acadia took issue Monday with Trump\u2019s order and praised the judge\u2019s decision to order the signage to be restored.
\u201cHe [Trump] is absolutely wrong, and the judge is absolutely right, we should have all the education of our history, of the indigenous people,\u201d Sieur de Monts visitor and Minnesota resident David Metcalfe said. \u201cAlmost everything he [Trump] does is a travesty, but on this specific issue, he is absolutely wrong.\u201d
At Acadia last year, park staffers flagged for removal<\/a> a host of displays connected to climate change and indigenous history, according to an internal database that was believed to be posted online by a disgruntled park service employee.
A coalition of environmental and historical organizations sued the Trump administration in February over its attempts to \u201cerase history and censor science\u201d at America\u2019s national parks, according to the lawsuit<\/a>.
U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley issued a preliminary injunction<\/a> on Friday in the case and ordered the removed displays to be restored by July 3.
Several displays had been removed by November 2025, including a multi-exhibit installation at the Sieur de Monts Nature Center about power plant emissions that produce mercury. That exhibit has not since been restored.
However, several displays at the nature center on Monday discussed the impacts of climate change: one exhibit explored how rising sea levels and harsher storms affect offshore island habitats and another detailed how the warming of the Gulf of Maine will continue to bring severe storms to Acadia.
At least two of the current displays<\/a> at the nature center \u2014 the exhibit about sea levels affecting bird habitats and another on how a warming climate impacts Maine\u2019s boreal trees \u2014 were among the content tagged for removal, according to the leaked database.
It was not immediately clear on Monday if the nature center\u2019s displays that mention climate change had been removed and then returned \u2014 and whether it had been in response to Friday\u2019s ruling \u2014 or if they were new displays.
Todd Martin, a regional official with the National Parks Conservation Association, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, said his group was thrilled with the ruling.
\u201cWe have decades of scientific research indicating how climate change is impacting Acadia \u2013 more intense rainfall and coastal storms, less snow, longer droughts, and rising sea levels,\u201d Martin said. \u201cThese are scientific facts, not political statements.
Few visitors have noticed the changes since the nature center reopened for the season on Sunday. It will remain open until Oct. 17, according to the park service.
Last September, 30 cedar tripod signs distributed between the Great Meadow and Cadillac Mountain summit were placed in winter storage about a month before usual. The signs detailed the Cadillac mountain\u2019s importance to the Wabanaki nations and the impacts of climate change on the Great Meadow wetland.
The tripod signs were not seen on the summit around midday Monday, nor were they spotted in storage at the park headquarters, where local blog Acadia National Park on My Mind<\/a> previously reported they had been placed.
\u201cOur national parks are our nation\u2019s storytellers,\u201d Martin said. \u201cWhen visitors arrive at Acadia, they deserve accurate and uncensored information, including how climate change is impacting Acadia and the deep connection of the Wabanaki tribes to the land.\u201d
Rob Anderson, an Ohio resident who was visiting Cadillac summit on Monday, said he agreed with the judge and thought the park shouldn\u2019t have removed the displays.
The judge\u2019s ruling also ordered the administration to halt any further changes at national parks and landmarks.
\u201cThis ruling is from a Biden appointed judge,\u201d an unidentified spokesperson for the Department said in an email to the Bangor Daily News. \u201cThe Department is looking at our appeal options.\u201d
Acadia no longer has a dedicated spokesperson, but a request for comment sent Monday morning to a general park communications email did not receive a response.
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