This spring it is bears — not tourists — that MDI residents are talking about

This spring it is bears — not tourists — that MDI residents are talking about

Acadia National Park has drawn visitors for more than 100 years who come to enjoy the rocky shorelines and cool summer breezes. Local residents have mostly grown to accept the presence of millions of tourists who descend on MDI each summer and fall, but in the past couple of years a different kind of visitor has become more evident — and is getting more attention. Black bears once were considered an unusual sight on MDI, but now are being seen w…