The Appalachian Mountain Club is in the middle of the Annual Trail Sign Auction. Every year the AMC retires old trail signs and puts up new signs. You can buy the old signs as a collectible. And, proceeds go toward trail maintenance. It’s a win-win!
The AMC Annual Trail Sign Auction runs 11/20/2006 until 12/8/2006.
An anonymous donor has given The Nature Conservancy 1,910 acres in the midcoast town of Phippsburg. One of the largest unprotected parcels on the Maine coast, the land’s diverse topography ranges from hemlock gorges and pitch pine ridges to over four miles of shoreline on the New Meadows River. Read more about the new Nature Conservancy Basin Preserve.
I just read about the Androscoggin River Watershed Council‘s Source to Sea Trek-a-Thon in my latest AMC Conservation Update. I had never heard of this event; according to the website, it has been held for 10 years in a row. This is the first year that it is a “pledge event.” Participants are asked to raise money in support of 1) the event itself, and 2) the educational outreach programs.
The Source to Sea Trek-a-Thon is 4 days of paddling on the Androscoggin River, over 4 weekends. The ARWC has a Source to Sea Trek-a-Thon 2006 schedule on their website. It looks like you raise money to support paddling a section of the river on a particular day. I suppose you could do all 4 sections, or paddle the whole thing, too.
Sounds fun. I’m going to have to mark my calendar for next years event.
