Voices from the Trail
Category: Stewardship
The Allagash Crew: Life on the Fringe
By Walter Opuszynski The Allagash Wilderness Waterway is a beacon for many long distance paddlers on the NFCT, looking to make their way to Fort Kent, ME. For NFCT interns Nicole and Peter, this location has been home for six…
Off to the races….
The 2011 NFCT Interns are hot on the trail. After an intense few weeks of training the crews are putting their energy and knowledge to work making the NFCT continue to be the best canoe trail out there. All houses…
The Mighty Freshet
from Walter Opuszynski, NFCT Trail Director Many springs we don’t recognize the 100 year flood line. For decades dams sit in a somewhat idle fashion and we may wonder why people went through such great efforts to install them in…
Trip Report for the North Branch of the Dead River
Just in time for the reliable waters of May and June. NFCT Member Michael O’Neill has shared with us a report created after a trip he took last year with some paddling buddies. They had so much fun that they asked…
Creating a unique NFCT Sign-in Box with a lot of help from our friends
The winter season is a flurry of activity as usual at NFCT headquarters. We have been very fortunate to secure grants to help fund not only our intern program, but some big time infrastructure and management projects along the trail. One…
The NorthWoods Stewardship Center Rocks Richford
We just wrapped up a majority of the stone staircase construction at Davis Park in Richford. The NorthWoods Stewardship Center crew has been great. They have been pulling 10 hour days moving large rock into an intricate puzzle-like structure on a…
The road goes on forever and the party never ends….
I believe the title to this blog is from an Allman Brothers song, it appropriately sums up how we have managed to push our field projects well into the fall and at this point it seems that the only thing that…
Farm and Wilderness Questers Unite!
Many rally around the NFCT to make a positive impact in their communities. We have had the opportunity to work with a great group this summer called Farm and Wilderness. This group sends out trips (hiking and paddling). Some of…
Permanent Rapids Portage 2010 WWT
Whew! Did we do some heavy lifting here! The crew of interns was joined by Cameron’s, Theresa’s, and Howard’s able hands to finish a stone staircase and re-vegetate several campsites in the area.
Spencer Rips 2010 WWT
The final Waterway Work Trip of the 2010 season was a sunny success at Spencer Rips in Maine, which is a part of the NFCT and the popular Moose River Bow Loop Trail. Working with the Maine Bureau of Public Lands,…