Voices from the Trail
Category: Stewardship
From the Field: NFCT Special Projects Intern
By Adam Craten It’s August 10th and today is my last and final day working with the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. I remember like it was yesterday…walking into the office on my first day May 7th. I guess time flies…
From the Field: Raquette Falls Waterway Work Trip, New York
By Audrey Burns, NFCT Intern The 6-mile afternoon paddle upstream to the work site at the falls clued me in to the rhythm of the week – a lot of work, but with the people and place to make it…
Preparing for the NFCT 2012 Field Season
By Walter Opuszynski This past week was our first Waterway Work Trip of the season at Raquette Falls in the beautiful Adirondacks of New York (we’ll highlight this project in our next post from the field). But before we strike…
First Annual NFCT Trail Maintainer Jamboree
By Walter opuszynski The first annual NFCT Trail Maintainer Jamboree just took place at the Visitor Interpretive Center (VIC) in Paul Smith’s, New York April 28-29th. What a great time! This event is the culmination of years of development and…
What’s the ice doing?
By Walter Opuszynski This is the time of year that I start asking for reports about river ice across the trail to determine the potential for damage. Working in such a dynamic environment as we do with the NFCT takes…
Bog bridges and more bog bridges at Holeb Cary
Blog Submitted by Anna Cady-NFCT Roving Crew 2011 Sunset at Holeb Cary Some of you may have already seen the rather ridiculous video that features the Roving Crew performing what appears to be a ritualistic ceremony. There is a perfectly…
The Perron Brother’s Make it Happen in Richford
We love when they come back! Sam Perron, 2009 NFCT Stewardship Intern Alumni, gave me a call back in October hoping to have a chance to work on the trail. (I think he got bit by the Trail Bug when…
And the winners of the 2011 Muddy Face Awards:
By Walter Opuszynski Yes, folks, the prestigious Muddy Face Awards. If you are working outside you are bound to get your hands and boots dirty, but you really have to be into your work (and a muddy situation) to get…
Allagash in Retrospect
I can hardly believe that it’s been over a month since I left the Allagash Wilderness Waterway and made my way to Vermont to finish my internship with the NFCT. Back in the boomtown of Burlington, our cozy cabin on…
Mud Season in July!
By Walter Opuszynski Once again the NFCT Stewardship Crew was out at the Rangeley Lakes Regional Logging Museum in full force, and once again we won the coveted Parade Prize. The crew was working on the freshly installed Gull Pond…