Acadia Park Seeks Local Heroes for Advisory Commission
Published Date: 5/14/2026
Notice
Summary
The National Park Service is looking for awesome people to join the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission. If you live in or love the Mount Desert Island area or nearby towns, this is your chance to help shape the park’s future! Get your nominations in by June 15, 2026, and be part of decisions about land, conservation, and park use—no pay, but plenty of pride!
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
No Pay, Travel Expenses Possible
If you are appointed to the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission, you will serve without compensation. While away from home or your regular place of business performing approved Commission duties, you may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem, in the same manner as intermittent Government employees under 5 U.S.C. 5703.
Financial Disclosure for At‑Large Members
Three members appointed as the 'members at large' will serve as Special Government Employees (SGEs) and must file a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report prior to appointment. After appointment, those SGE members must meet applicable financial disclosure and ethics training requirements.
Who Can Be Nominated (Town Categories)
The Commission is made up of 16 members appointed by the Secretary in specific categories: 3 members at large; 3 recommended by the Governor of Maine; 4 recommended from the four towns on Mount Desert Island; 3 from the Hancock County mainland communities of Gouldsboro, Winter Harbor, and Trenton; and 3 from the island towns of Cranberry Isles, Swans Island, and Frenchboro. NPS is seeking nominees to represent every category.
Nomination Deadline and Submission Rules
Written nominations must be postmarked by June 15, 2026, and sent to Brandon Bies, Deputy Superintendent, Acadia National Park (P.O. Box 177, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609) or by email to [email protected]. Nominations must be typed and include a resume describing qualifications, all documentation (including letters of recommendation) compiled in one package, and current members with expiring terms must follow the same process; members may not appoint deputies or alternates.
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