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Read the New MAINEtainer
The Fall edition of the MATC Newsletter – The MAINEtainer was published on November 3rd. Catch up on the news about the AT in Maine!
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Two Maintainers Needed – Katahdin District
Contact: Herb Fithian – Manager, Katahdin District HELP WANTED! – Be a Trail Maintainer! • A Trail Maintainer position open in Baxter State Park. Section is 4.3 miles between the Park’s Tote Road entrance to Katahdin Stream Campground and the High Water Cut off Trail along Nesowadnehunk Stream. Maintainer is also responsible for the side trails to Toll Dam, Little and Big Niagara Falls all .1 miles in length. • Trail Maintainer needed between Rainbow Mt. Side Trail & Rainbow Ledges along beautiful Rainbow Lake in the 100 Mile Wilderness. The section is 3.5 miles in length and includes […]
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Corridor Monitors Wanted
OPEN MATC CORRIDOR MONITORING ASSIGNMENTS (Updated 9/5/24) There are eleven opportunities left for becoming involved in this exciting aspect of caring for the Appalachian Trail in Maine. For information about corridor monitoring and field training sessions, visit the MATC website at www.matc.org or contact me (Dave Field) at 862-3674, meeser3@roadrunner.com. You must participate in a field training session before an assignment will be made permanent. If you are unable to join a group session, I will make arrangements to train you on your own section. Note: The mileages given for each section are the distances along the boundary lines on […]
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“On the Trail”
“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
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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Read the Spring 2023 MAINEtainer Newsletter
Read the latest issue of the MAINEtainer, MATC’s newsletter. You can view the current year’s issues as well as look into the MAINEtainer archives.
Read MoreMATC Annual Meeting
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
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
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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