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Maine Trail Crew Committee seeks volunteers

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Maine Trail Crew Committee Seeks Volunteers The Maine Trail Crew Committee has been working steadily and regularly to make plans for the coming season. This will be a transition year, as we move to a permanent base camp at the Maine Trail Center, in Skowhegan. We are in the process of moving gear and tools from Lake George Regional Park and various other locations to the club’s long-dreamed of permanent base camp. We watch the developments each week, and imagine a center of operations where staff and volunteers have access to a meeting center, kitchen, living quarters, showers and laundry […]

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Update Your Contact Information

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Thank you for your interest in updating your contact information! Please fill out the form below to ensure we have the most accurate details on file. Your information is important to us, as it allows you to stay informed about Club news and events that matter to you. Or click this link if you have trouble viewing the form. We want to assure you that the MATC will never share your information with any other organizations without your explicit permission. Your privacy is our priority. Update Form: Scroll through form and click “Next”

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Corridor Monitors Wanted

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OPEN MATC CORRIDOR MONITORING ASSIGNMENTS (Updated 11/13/24) Section 25a. Elliotsville Town Line to Long Pond Stream. This is State-owned land, not surveyed by the National Park Service. Monitoring involves just walking the A.T. and observe conditions along the way. Section 27. Little Wilson Falls to Leeman Brook Lean-to. This is a long (6.92 miles) section that does not involve significant climbing but includes some rough terrain.  Section 34. Horseshoe Canyon Lean-to to Marble Brook. This 5.03-mile section lies on both sides of the West Branch of the Piscataquis River, so monitoring requires crossing the river. All of the section lies […]

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“On the Trail”

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“On the Trail”Maine’s Appalachian Trail Sample three different sections of the famed Appalachian Trail as it winds through the Maine wilderness, with a look at some other fun activities to pursue along the way. This special episode stops in Carrabassett Valley for an overnight stay at the Horns Pond shelter in the Bigelow Range, followed by some mountain biking at Sugarloaf Mountain and kayaking on Flagstaff Lake. Next is a day hike to Pierce Pond in the Kennebec Valley Region, along with a whitewater rafting trip on the Kennebec River and an ATV ride at Northern Outdoors Lodge in The […]

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Request for Proposals for Training our Trail Crew in Trail Building for the Years 2024, 2025, 2026

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Maine Appalachian Trail Club (MATC) Request for Proposals for Training our Trail Crew in Trail Building for the Years 2024, 2025, 2026 Background – During the 2024, 2025, 2026 field seasons, the MATC’s Maine Trail Crew will work on remote sections of the Appalachian Trail. Projects will focus on rebuilding and restoring heavily impacted sections of the Appalachian Trail. The Trail Crew will utilize rigging equipment and hand tools to build stone steps, stone stairs, waterbars, and complete short relocations. Scope of Work – To provide five days of training each of the three years to the Maine Trail Crew […]

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MATC Annual Meeting

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Please join us at the Annual Meeting, held in person for the first time since 2019. Saturday, April 22, 2023, 9 am – 4 pm Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center, Colby College, Waterville, ME (Directions) Hear what’s going on in the club. Get ready for a successful season. Highlights include:  Barry Dana Barry Dana is a teacher, artist, and former chief of the Penobscot Nation. He grew up on Indian Island in the Penobscot River, where he learned traditional skills and values from tribal elders. Barry creates traditional styles of birchbark baskets, many etched with artwork or quill decoration. Credited with reviving the […]

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Advisory to Appalachian Trail Certified Sawyers on Battery-Electric Chainsaw Use

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While corded electric chainsaws have been available for years, over the last decade, chainsaw construction design has evolved to include battery‐powered cordless designs. As these quieter, lighter tools have become increasingly available, there is increasing likelihood that A.T. Certified Sawyers would prefer to apply these tools in lieu of gas‐powered chainsaws in the course of their work to maintain the A.T.

This advisory aims to provide reasonable considerations to the benefits, drawbacks, and other considerations of these respective design models of saws, that all require adherence to accepted safety practices.

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Summer 2023 Trail Crew Projects

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The Maine Trail Crew is a joint venture between the Maine AT Club and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy that is dedicated to repairing steep and washed-out sections of the AT.Volunteers are welcome to join us for one to six weeks from June 19 – August 24, 2023.Projects run from Monday morning (you must arrive Sunday by 4pm) to Thursday or Friday. Check out the Summer Project List below. For more information about Volunteering with the Maine Trail Crew click here.

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