Archives for the ‘Conservation’ Category

AMC Annual Trail Sign Auction: Take a trail sign home today!

By NETrailhead • Dec 2nd, 2006 • Category: Conservation

Every year the AMC retires old trail signs and puts up new signs. You can buy the old signs as a collectible.



Nature Conservancy Receives 1,910-acre parcel in Phippsburg, Maine

By NETrailhead • Oct 6th, 2006 • Category: Conservation, Maine

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.



Androscoggin River Watershed Council’s Source to Sea Trek-a-Thon

By NETrailhead • Jul 15th, 2006 • Category: Conservation, Maine, New Hampshire

The Source to Sea Trek-a-Thon is 4 days of paddling on the Androscoggin River, over 4 weekends. 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.