Parks, Recreation and Tourism students restore MDI trails, media report
WLBZ (Channel 2) and WABI (Channel 5) reported on an intensive one-week course for University of Maine students in the Parks, Recreation and Tourism program. One dozen students took part in the field experience on Mount Desert Island May 16–20, which included restoring trails near the Schoodic Woods Campground. “The environment is a really important thing for our generation to appreciate, and I really want to help spread that knowledge and awareness to the next generation,” UMaine senior Elise Goplerud told WLBZ. “Getting real experience, seeing what we might actually be doing someday, is really exciting,” senior Ian Hathaway told WABI.