Voices from the Trail
Category: Stewardship
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. …
90-miler: Vitamin I, blisters, and hungry eagles
The NFCT C-4 Crew (Mike Opuszynski, Erik Townsend, Christy Edgren-Opuszynski, Uncle Norm Simpson, Uncle Mike D, Chloe the Collie, Scout the Beagle) at the finish line. What an experience! I am amazed at how a region can come together to…
The 90-miler: A first timer’s perspective
I have got to say I am a bundle of excitement this morning! Two nights ago I had non-stop dreams about the 90-miler, in one I got to the Old Forge starting line and realized that I had forgotten my…
Wet Wally or Wet Wally?
Wet Wally? or Wet Wally (Chris Gill-You should add this to your Outhouse of the NFCT blog!) This season I was bestowed an honor I never thought I would achieve, I had a portable toilet named after me. I…
Saranac Lake Demolition
Written by Nick Olson-NFCT 14-week Summer Stewardship Intern When you think of The Northern Forest Canoe Trail and the stewardship interns, smoke and destruction is the last thing you think of. Rather than constructing carefully planned structures and improving the…
Attean Pond
Written by Nick Olson-NFCT 14 Week Stewardship Intern Attean Pond in Maine is by far the longest trip we have taken for a Waterway Work Trip but what a wonderful way to end the season. We camped about a mile…
Connecticut Waterway Work Trip
Written by Acadia Tripp- NFCT 6 week Stewardship Intern from U-Maine Machias Our previous waterway work trip for the Northern Forest Canoe Trail definitely improved the campsite on the water’s edge of Ray Lovell’s property. The campsite is situated on…
From the Field: Highgate Falls Dam Portage WWT
In the days leading up to our last Waterway Work Trip at the Highgate Falls Dam Portage, I couldn’t have imagined what this crew could do in one short weekend. The Roving Crew of interns (Acadia, Kim and…
Would you rather have bugs or rain?
Ahhh, the eternal question on the minds of all people recreating in New England at this time of year: “Well, would you rather have mosquitos or rain?”. I found myself asking the question out-loud to my friend Nate Podsiadlo as…
It takes a village to raise a kiosk
It’s true, it does take a village to raise a a kiosk. To be more accurate, as this picture shows, it took a John Deere tractor and operator Mark Castonguay. Mark works for the Brighton Street Department and did a…