Voices from the Trail

Paddle your Bike!

By John Little, Missisquoi River Basin Association Wahoo! Two weeks ago, I got a chance to run the Trout River, and introduce a friend to his back yard river. Yesterday however was not a paddle in the sun, but an…

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northernforestcanoetrail x dresslands Open Back Cream Backless Cheap Dress

The style of a sweatshirt meets runway fabulous in this northernforestcanoetrailx http://www.dresslands.com/c/backless-dresses/ open back cream cheap dress! The soft, comfortable fabric can be pulled up and worn with shorts for a baggy, casual look with shorts. Or for a sexier…

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Northernforestcanoetrail x dresshead yellow lace deep v neckline fully lined dress

Northernforestcanoetrail x dresshead yellow lace deep v neckline fully lined dress / mock turtle neck design / true to size This northernforestcanoetrail x http://www.dresshead.com/c/lace-dresses/ yellow lace deep v neckline fully lined dress features a vertical ribbed design, which will slim…

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The Mansonville Kiosk Committee

I would like to introduce you to the newly formed Mansonville Kiosk Committee. I had the opportunity of sitting down with this group to discuss the process involved in developing an NFCT Kiosk.  After great discussion (I was inspired to…

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Do you smell freshet?

The snows are melting in the north country, a nice gradual melt so far, evenly feeding the streams and mighty waters.  It feels like an early thaw, but weather being what it is I haven’t pulled the Hawaiian shirts out…

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Happy New Year!

By Kate Williams Yes indeed, March 1 is the paddling New Year chez NFCT, so we’d like to wish you the best for the paddling year ahead!  Calm waters, wind at your back…we wish you all of that, and we…

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Vermont Canoe and the Sleeping Rock Bangers

I don’t know about you, but I’m excited about the upcoming water season.  It pains me to see our fleet of Old Town Stewardship Canoes sitting under the tarp and covered with snow over at Vermont Canoe. I know I’ve…

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2010 Scouting Report: Richford, VT River Access Project

Well, keep your fingers crossed, folks.  Another grant request proposal is in the mail.  The hopes are that we will receive the funding necessary to pull off a comprehensive river access project in the town of Richford, VT.  Richford is the…

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Project Scouting for 2010: Maine-Number 5 Bog Access Work

Here comes the beginning of the NFCT’s equivalent of baseball’s Hot Stove Report (the active off-season).  The winter season around the NFCT office is just as intense as the field season, but stewardship activities turn from being covered in mud to buried in project…

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A Thanksgiving Toast

A week later, as I am still digesting the last of the turkey and shaking off the dust of a tryptophan haze, it is obvious to me that there is a lot to be thankful for here at the NFCT. …

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