Voices from the Trail
Author: Mike
Profile: Landscape photographer Brendan Wiltse
Below is a Q&A with landscape photographer Brendan Wiltse, who lives in the Adirondacks. Wiltse’s photography of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail will be featured on our Instagram account in March. Tell us about your background? My day job is…
Winter Mission: Scouting A New Portage For Spencer Lake Dam
One of the fun things about winter site visits is seeing the NFCT in an entirely different way. So on Valentines Day, it was a real treat to join Thomas Coleman, a forester from Landvest, to fly into Maine’s Spencer…
Circumstance of Adventure
“Camaraderie, one-ness with the real things in this world, flow, the opportunity to push my limits.” These are words my friend Kaj Bune uses to describe the motivations behind his passion for outdoor adventures. Roots Rated interviewed Kaj and describes him…
Brown and Heintz join NFCT board
The Northern Forest Canoe Trail welcomed two new board members at its December 2017 meeting. Below are their bios. Dan Brown, Middlebury, VT In his first career, Dan served as a US Navy aviator. In his second career, he decided…
2017 Stewardship Season Recap
The Northern Forest Canoe Trail field season is always a whirlwind, and this year was no exception. NFCT staff, interns, and volunteers completed a myriad of projects across the Northern Forest. Get a glimpse in the following video recap: Highlights…
Stewardship Intern Reflects On Rewarding Summer
Working as a stewardship intern for the Northern Forest Canoe Trail was at times a whirlwind of activity and at other times a peaceful experience. This reflects the rivers that NFCT follows, often slow and meandering, yet occasionally they become…
Photos from beautiful Saguenay Fjord
A brief visit to Saguenay Fjord this summer left me wanting to return to this beautiful area with a canoe or kayak. During our visit, we spent a day hiking on Les Caps Trail in the Baie Eternite Sector of…
In Praise of Tent Life
The Roman philosopher Marcus Aurelius once suggested that, from time to time, we spend a few nights sleeping on the ground. It didn’t really matter where it was – it could even be right next to the bed we usually…
Upwards, the story of a solo NFCT thru-paddle
Laurie Chandler daydreamed about moving to Maine for years. In 2003, she and her two children finally did, beginning a new chapter in life in a log cabin near the coast. Changing careers from forestry research to special education, she…
Life On The Trail
The question I received most frequently this summer was “Wisconsin, eh, how’d you end up all the way out here?” The answer to that is simple. I was sitting in my grimy college house living room exploring options for what…