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Summer 2005 Volume 10 No Summer 2005 Volume 10 No. 1 A Magazine about Acadia National Park and Surrounding Communities FIRST THERE WAS FIRST LIGHT THE BOOK. NOW THERE IS FIRST LIGHT THE ORATORIO. A Concert to Benefit Friends of Acadia SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, August 27, 8:00 - 9:30 p.m., and Sunday, August 28, 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. St. Saviour’s Church, Bar Harbor, Maine Special reception for members at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday First Light: An Oratorio with Chorale and String Quintet Musical Score by Sally Lutyens Photographic Slides by Tom Blagden, Jr. Tom Wallace, Music Director; Lee Patterson, Producer When you turn to Tom Blagden’s photographs all arguments drop away....These pictures of Acadia— from otherworldly vistas to hair’s-breadth close-ups—are so profound and so immediate that you stop for breath. — David Nolf Watch for details this summer at www.friendsofacadia.org President’s Column ACADIA IS ALREADY PRIVATIZED s part of a government overhaul, employees, called “flat hats” in NPS jargon. federal agencies must consider trans- As flat hats continue to disappear, volun- Aferring jobs to the private sector. The teerism will diminish too. Why would anyone object is to save money. But outsourcing donate time to make someone else a profit? National Park Service jobs is problematic Volunteers (6% of all FTEs) love the agency because park-level deficits are already and respect the civil servants who execute its eliminating uniformed employees. Moreover, mission at wages ranging from unexceptional units such as Acadia are heavily privatized at the low end to unspectacular at the high end. and there’s not much left to outsource. If parks become overly privatized, some essence In 2004, 62% of Acadia’s 335 full-time- of their spirit will be lost, including the idea equivalent jobs (FTEs) were done by private embodied in the name National Park Service. contractors, concessions, nonprofit organiza- Several Acadia summer positions were cut tions, or volunteers. (One FTE equals one for budget reasons in 2004. Many restrooms person working a full year, or two people were closed last winter, inconveniencing cold- working a half year, etc.) Only 38% of jobs weather recreationists and creating sanitation (126 FTEs) belong to Park Service employees. problems. Eight permanent jobs are vacant Peter Travers Peter Travers Private services are appropriate in many and won’t be filled. More seasonal slots will cases. But because of past and continuing cuts disappear this summer. The president’s 2006 also deserve credit. Mandated employee rais- in uniformed positions, more outsourcing budget contains an increase for Park Service es, agency internal assessments, retirement would damage Acadia’s fundamental operations nationwide, and we thank him. system changes, terrorism alerts, and emer- character and functions. Last year, for exam- However, in many cases the money won’t gency expenditures consume the new money, ple, the number of interpretive programs reach the parks themselves. Mr. Bush may be producing shortfalls. It’s not clear whether declined 29%, from 110 to 78 a week, deny- unaware of this business snag. Congress understands the paradox: its well ing educational experiences to 65,000 visitors. Take the 2005 park budget increase, for intentioned funding increases are resulting in Park-goers encountered fewer uniformed which Congress and the Interior Department service reductions at the park level. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, and Jobs in Acadia National Park, 2004 Reps. Tom Allen and Mike Michaud have made 334.5 Full-Time-Equivalent Employees (FTEs) salutary efforts to remedy the problem at Acadia, but the full Congress is hard to budge. Each Gift & Food Services Maine delegation member was justly given the 54 FTEs (16%) Acadia National Park National Park Conservation Association’s Friend Staff Horse Carriage 126 FTEs (38%) of the National Parks award. Tours 3.4 FTEs (1%) Charitable grants from Friends of Acadia make possible about 115 non-operational jobs Narrated Bus Tours (an estimated 50 FTEs). Pressure is mounting 7.5 FTEs (2%) on philanthropies to fund park operating Outfitter & Guide shortfalls. A recent Park Service review in a Services western national park stated that its support- 16.5 FTEs (5%) ing nonprofit “should first and foremost raise Commercial funds for the [park] superintendent’s priori- Motorcoach Tours ties be they a capital improvement project or 24 FTEs (7%) for operations.” Visitor Information & Let’s be clear: philanthropy’s role is to add Nonprofit Book Sales value, including for select improvements and 3.6 FTEs (1%) programs; but a charity must never subsidize government operating losses or bankroll pri- Volunteers Island Explorer vate businesses. Federal operations are a gov- 20 FTEs (6%) Propane Bus ernment duty, period. Park Service Director 29.5 FTEs (9%) Construction Fran Mainella, whose tenure has emphasized Contracts nonprofit partnerships, vigorously supports 50 FTEs (15%) Source: Friends of Acadia (continued on page 4) Friends of Acadia Journal Summer 2005 1 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dianna Emory, Chair Edward L. Samek, Treasurer Jeannine Ross, Secretary Gail Cook John Fassak Samuel Felton Nathaniel Fenton Summer 2005w Sheldon F. Goldthwait, Jr. H. Lee Judd Volume 10 No.1 Linda W. Lewis H. Stanley MacDonald Elizabeth Martinez A Magazine about Acadia National Park and Surrounding Communities Julia Merck Heather Mitchell Joseph Murphy W. Kent Olson Ann R. Roberts Michael Siklosi Howard Solomon Sherry Streeter Eleanor Sullivan Charles R. Tyson, Jr. Ann Waldron Bill Zoellick HONORARY TRUSTEES Eleanor Ames Robert and Anne Bass Edward McCormick Blair Curtis and Patricia Blake Robert and Sylvia Blake FEATURE ARTICLES Frederic A. Bourke, Jr. Tristram and Ruth Colket 6 Schoodic’s John Godfrey Moore Allan Smallidge Shelby and Gale Davis Before it became part of Acadia National Park, Schoodic was home and inspiration to John G. Moore. Frances Fitzgerald Neva Goodwin 10 The Spirit of Acadia Alice MacDonald Long Paul and Eileen Growald Efforts are underway to celebrate the legacy of Acadia’s founders. Polly and John Guth Paul Haertel 11 Island Monitoring Catherine Schmitt Burnham Litchfield As visitation on off-shore islands increases, impacts on fragile areas are watched. Gerrish and Phoebe Milliken George J. Mitchell 14 Purple Sandpipers in Coastal Maine Ginny Reams Janneke Neilson Nancy Nimick A study of the small, sturdy shorebirds that winter along the Maine Coast. Jack Perkins Nancy Pyne ACTIVITIES/HIGHLIGHTS Louis Rabineau 5 Memorial — Frances Williams Nathaniel P. Reed 8 Friends of Acadia Advocacy Stephanie Clement David Rockefeller Patricia Scull 17 A Partner’s View W. Kent Olson Erwin Soule 20 Updates Diana Davis Spencer 22 Book Review — The Father of Acadia Kelly Dickson Donald and Beth Straus DEPARTMENTS FRIENDS OF ACADIA STAFF 1 President’s Column Acadia is Already Privatized W. Kent Olson Theresa Begley, Development Associate Sheree Castonguay, Secretary to the President 3 The Superintendent’s View Bad News — Good News Sheridan Steele Stephanie Clement, Conservation Director 5 Poem Waiting for the Maple to Leaf Out Nathan M. Simon Lisa Horsch, Director of Development 9 Special Person Julie Hall Marla S. O’Byrne Diana R. McDowell, Director of Operations Marla Stellpflug O’Byrne, Stewardship Director 12 Poem Suspended Elizabeth Tibbets W. Kent Olson, President 23 Friends of Schoodic Garry Levin Mike Staggs, Administrative Assistant 24 Chairman’s Letter Healthy Efforts Dianna Emory 2 Summer 2005 Friends of Acadia Journal Superintendent’s View BAD NEWS — GOOD NEWS great deal of attention has been placed in FY04 required more money than in FY03 on national park budgets lately. So because increasing costs outstripped any Ahow does the National Park Service increase in appropriations. If annual short- (NPS) pay for all of the park-related services falls occur in more than one year, they accu- and work projects at Acadia National Park? mulate and so do the impacts. Since almost In any given year, funding is comprised of: 90% of our annual budget goes for fixed costs fee revenues, annual operating funds appro- such as salaries, any loss of buying power priated by Congress, one-time allocations translates into fewer staff hours to protect from the Regional Office for smaller mainte- park resources and serve the public. nance projects, donations, and any special appropriations designated for land acquisi- tion or major construction projects. “The best news is the strong The primary source of Acadia’s daily oper- public support for Acadia and ating funds is called “Operations: National Park Service” (ONPS), and is appropriated our national parks in general. by Congress. Each park is allocated a portion Acadia is particularly fortu- Peter Travers of this funding — the annual amount has and to have significant fee revenue. In 2004, increased over the years as the costs to oper- nate to receive extraordinary Acadia kept almost $1.9 million of entrance ate increase but not always at the same rate. donations of time and money and camping fees collected at the park. NPS Each year Congress specifies federal pay policy generally restricts the use of fee revenue increases to keep pace with inflation and to through the efforts of Friends to fund “backlog” maintenance projects and bring federal salaries more in line with the of Acadia.” park improvements, rather than routine oper- private sector. For our last fiscal year (FY04), ations. We cannot use fee revenue to pay for Congress mandated a 4.5% salary increase our permanent workforce, but we can use it and provided 1% additional funding to parks New parks or major new responsibilities to pay for temporary workers on projects like to help offset these additional costs. In addi- in existing parks — like Acadia’s taking over trail work, vista clearing, and building tion, the Regional Office took a 1% “assess- the former Navy base at Schoodic — also improvements.
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