Two Maintainers Needed – Katahdin District

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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

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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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Maintainer Needed in the Bigelow District

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Maintainer Needed in the Bigelow District This section spans the 2.3 miles from the East Flagstaff Road south to the summit of Little Bigelow, gaining about 1,800 feet of elevation in 3.25 miles. There is road access on the southern end. Please contact Bigelow District Manager Mike Blais (Bigelow@matc.org) if you are interested in this section.

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Group Registrations Coordinator

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Group Registrations Coordinator MATC’s CARE Committee (ridge runner program) is seeking a volunteer to serve as the Group Registration Coordinator. The job includes: receiving information from groups that register to use and camp along the AT; corresponding with groups to advise them on their itineraries and, if necessary, provide alternatives; communicate with ridge runners in the field to inform them of groups passing through or camping in their areas; collecting data to help improve Trail use; providing feedback to camp groups and the CARE Committee on group usage of AT resources. Recommended qualifications for the position are: familiarity with the […]

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