Fwd: Re: Acadia-Wildwood Stables

[Pam Johnson <pam-john@ma.ultranet.com>]

> From: "Bobbye Winterberg" <bobbye@iglou.com>
> To: "Pam Johnson" <pam-john@ma.ultranet.com>
> Subject: Re: Acadia-Wildwood Stables
> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 15:34:10 -0400
> X-Priority: 3
>
> Acadia's Wildwood Stable Concession Will Reopen June 15th
>
> Dear Friends:   The management and staff at Wildwood want to thank the
> hundreds of individuals who  wrote letters expressing their strong support
> for the continuation of horse and carriage related visitor services in
> Acadia National Park.
>
> Mr. Robert Stanton, the Director of the United States National Park Service
> in Washington DC has reopened the Wildwood Stables concession in Acadia
> National Park.
>
> On June 7th, the National Park Service and Ed Winterberg signed an interim
> contract for the operation of Wildwood Stables this season.  As in previous
> years the stables will open on June 15th.
>
> Stabling reservations for the summer will be honored.  In addition,
> carriage rides will be offered and the two wheelchair accessible carriages
> will be available.  At season's end, all concession-owned temporary
> structures and stabling equipment will be removed so the park service can
> request bids for a long term contract.
>
> The abrupt closing, last month, of the only horse stables in one of the
> Nation's most visited national parks, ignited a fire storm of protest
> letters addressed to the Director and to Members of Congress in Washington,
> DC.   Most vocal and outraged were citizens from 13 states with confirmed
> short-term stabling reservations for their private horses this summer. 
> Acadia Park features a 57-mile carriage road system that was created by the
> late John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The Park Service considers Acadia's  carriage
> roads to be the finest example of purposefully created horse roads in the
> world.
>
> The temporary solution, which reopened the stables for this
> summer was proposed by  Ed Winterberg, in a letter delivered to Director
> Stanton in Washington, DC on May 15th.    According to Winterberg; "We all
> stepped back, took a deep breath, and agreed to a reasonable solution in the
> national interest.  We did the right thing for the park visitor and for the
> future of Acadia's magnificent carriage roads."
>
> For Additional Information:
> Wildwood Stables   207-276-3622
>
> <mailto:carriages@wildwood.acadia.net>carriages@wildwood.acadia.net