Check out the Winter 2021 issue of the MATC newsletter, the MAINEtainer. Read about the Trail Champions Campaign to build the Maine Trail Center, plus articles on changes to the MATC constitution and By-laws, Nominating Committee Reports, Maine Trail Crew Report, Volunteer Vacancies, District Trail Manager Reports and other interesting and informative articles.
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DirectorBoothbay, MEEMAIL: bigelow2@matc.org A lifelong hiker and backpacker, Alan began his trail work experience in college with week-long AT work trips with the Bates Outing Club (BOC), and two summers as a YCC crew leader at Mt Blue and Baxter state parks. After retiring from a career in applications development and IT management, he resumed helping the BOC with their AT section on Bemis Mountain. That quickly snowballed into becoming a maintainer (Wyman to Hall Mountain), sawyer, corridor monitor (Moxie Bald Mountain,) helping with privy builds and lean-to sill replacements, and most recently he was appointed assistant overseer in the […]
Read MoreDirectorNew Gloucester, MEEMAIL: sashanyary@gmail.comSasha is a writer, editor and copy editor currently working in higher education marketing and communications. A journalist by training and experience — she began her career at Sports Illustrated and Life — Sasha has also worked in communications and fundraising for nonprofits, schools and community groups. She co-founded Katharsis Theater Company with Portland’s Henry Wishcamper, and served as an Equity stage manager on Off-Broadway.
Read MoreRecording Secretary Levant, ME EMAIL: jclain@midmaine.com Janice grew up in Piscataquis County, not far from where the A.T. passes through the Hundred Mile Wilderness. She has degrees in World Languages and Education from the University of Maine, and has been teaching for nearly 50 years. She came to MATC after advising a high school hiking club for several years, as a way to give back to Trail and to give her students an example of community service and involvement. She has enjoyed her role as supervisor for the Gulf Hagas Ridgerunner since 2004.
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Katahdin District ManagerEMAIL: katahdin@matc.orgRick has hiked all of the A.T. in Maine and New Hampshire as well as trails in Baxter State Park, Acadia N.P. and the White Mountains. Rick became a member of MATC in 1989 and shortly thereafter became a Trail and Campsite Maintainer. In 1997, Rick became the Overseer of the Katahdin District. Over the years he has also volunteered with the FORCE Crew, the Maine Trail Crew, the Baxter Park Trail Crew, the Campsite committee and he is certified in chain saw use on the A.T. He lives in Augusta, Maine. Rick is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire […]
Read MoreDirectorEMAIL: alaffely05@alumni.unity.eduAudrey’s love of the Appalachian Trail started as a child hiking Katahdin with her family. It continued into college, with her love of the outdoors influencing her undergraduate degrees in Maine at Unity College in Parks, Recreation, and Ecotourism and Landscape Horticulture. After completing a thru-hike of the AT, she served as the Gulf Hagas Ridge Runner for a season. Since then, she has been active in the MATC serving as an Executive Committee member, site supervisor for the Horn’s Pond Caretaker, maintainer of a section around White Cap, and has served on the CARE, Finance, and Nominating Committees […]
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DirectorFarmington and Hamdpen, ME EMAIL: poepaddy@hotmail.comMike has a long history in conservation and trails: he served on the National Park Service Historic Landscape Preservation Team from 1990-1992; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Wetland Restoration Service, 1990-1992; as a crew leader for Baxter State Park, 1988-1990; a crew leader for the Maine Conservation Corps, 1993-1994, and a crew leader for the MATC’s Maine Trail Crew, 1995-1996; he has also served as a board member for the Friends of Baxter State Park, 2012-2015. Mike is a fly fishing guide and maker of bamboo fly rods.
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Vice-President Port Clyde, ME EMAIL: tgorrill@matc.org Tom retired as President of Gorrill Palmer Consulting Engineers, Inc. in 2015, after a 37-year career in Civil Engineering. Tom is a former Baldpate District Overseer for the MATC and currently serves as its VP and chair of the Governance Committee. He is also a Board member of the Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust. Tom lives in Saint George where he serves on the Conservation Commission and oversees town trails, volunteers as a driver for Neighbor to Neighbor, and is a volunteer at the Marshall Point Lighthouse. Tom is a graduate of the University of Maine
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Corresponding SecretaryHollis, MEEMAIL: info@matc.orgDoug recently retired after 37 years in the semiconductor industry, with the last 20 years as an Intellectual Property Engineer. He recently termed out after 6 years from the Apex Youth Connection (formerly Community Bicycle Center) in Biddeford which provides barrier free opportunities for area youth to develop career and life skills. He is also working with 19th Century Curran Village to build out their expanding campus in Orrington. An avid cyclist, he regularly participates in local group rides and organized fundraisers. Giving back to the trails in Maine is important to him, and keeps him focused on staying fit and healthy. […]
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Director Shirley, ME EMAIL: ghsron@gmail.com Ron is a retired Greenville schools music teacher currently living in town. As a 30-year member of MATC, he has served as a section maintainer, district overseer, committee chair, and EC director. A backpacking nut, he topped 15,000 miles last summer, and hopes to finish the 2,000 miles remaining of the 4,600-mile North Country National Scenic Trail this summer.
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