We are hopeful that the park's able to do what they need to do with hiring this year, but it is a major aspect,” Eaton said. Friends of Acadia and Downeast

All job listings have been removed from the Acadia National Park website and searchers will find this message instead: “No jobs open to the general public are available at this

BAR HARBOR - Acadia National Park could feel the impact of a federal hiring freeze. Millions of people visit the park each year. A federal hiring freeze put in place by the Trump Administration could leave Acadia understaffed during it's busiest seasons.

President Donald Trump’s first two weeks in office sent shock waves through the National Park Service, a 20,000-strong agency of park rangers and desk jockeys who oversee some of the nation’s most beloved lands.

A Trump administration hiring freeze is turning many experienced National Park, Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management seasonal workers to other industries.