By now you’ve heard the news: Federal funding frozen or retracted. Project stoppages, staff reductions, and legislative rollbacks. These actions threaten public lands, scientific research, recreation, and the long-term health of the environment in our region. ...
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It’s a cool, cloudy day in September. On the banks of the Paulins Kill Tributary in New Jersey, roughly eight people have gathered. They’re high school students and ecologists, retirees and young professionals, and they’ve…
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For more than a century, AMC has given the world the opportunity to explore New Hampshire’s stunning alpine terrain by day and spend nights in our famed high mountain huts. But we’re not the only…
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By now you’ve heard the news: Federal funding frozen or retracted. Project stoppages, staff reductions, and legislative rollbacks. These actions threaten public lands, scientific research, recreation, and the long-term health of the environment in our region. …
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We’ve entered the weird part of winter: slush, freezing rain, rock-hard snowbanks, slick roads. Microspikes or mud boots? Who even knows. It’s the season that can’t make up its mind, with temperatures hovering between winter…
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Carolyn Ziegra hits the gas. There’s the nip of cold through my jacket, my hair blowing behind me. The smell of pine, the whoosh of snowmobile runners hitting powder. And we’re off. It’s 15 degrees…
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Karen Thurston Barsanti grew up in the White Mountains with AMC’s White Mountain Huts as her playground. “My dad was an AMC volunteer, and I was an AMC kid. He instilled in me at a…
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Why would a nonprofit dedicated to protecting mountains, forests, and waters be in the business of cutting down trees? That’s a fair question. For AMC, forest conservation is a no-brainer. Forests are the lungs of…
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Winters in our region from Maine to Virginia have changed. We’ve lost three weeks of winter weather and snow cover in the Northeast over the last 100 years. Massachusetts has lost 27 days of snow…
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From providing hiking information at AMC’s huts and lodges, to leading nature walks, to restoring miles of trails, our team of passionate volunteers are critical to delivering on every aspect of our mission. Each year…
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