A federal judge in Massachusetts is ordering the Trump administration to reinstall signs that warn of climate change at Acadia National Park, and that mark the significance of Cadillac Mountain to the Wabanaki people, saying their removal set a dangerous precedent of censorship.
The signs at Acadia were among hundreds of interpretive materials removed by the administration of President Donald Trump from national parks across the country in a move partly aimed at eliminating “improper partisan ideology” at parks. Six signs were removed from Cadillac and four from the Great Meadow.
US District Court Judge Angel Kelley also is prohibiting the administration from removing any more signs or interpretive materials at National Park Service sites. She wrote that the actions set “a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization” of climate change at Acadia and educational materials at other national parks.
Signs about climate change at Acadia and the significance of Cadillac to the Wabanaki people, squirreled away behind a building along with old canoes and toilets after a 2025 Trump administration order, may soon be restored atop Cadillac and along the Great Meadow.