Voices from the Trail
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Kiosk Dedications in Maine
By Kate Williams When people ask us what our kiosks are, I’m always a bit at a loss. At one level, they are informational signs that include map, image, and text information to inform paddlers and others about the NFCT…
NFCT Donor Challenge – Success!
Kate Williams, January 10, 2012 Thank you, NFCT members and friends, for – once again – helping us to attain an amazing milestone: You contributed more than $50,000 during 2011, in new or increased donations. An anonymous donor honored your…
Family Paddling on the West Branch of the Penobscot
By Kate Williams With September now upon us, and the devastation from Tropical Storm Irene still very much part of our lives here in VT, it’s kind of hard to remember that I actually went on vacation this summer. So,…
A Day in the Life of America’s Best Canoe Trail
By Kate Williams, Executive Director I still remember when I was a kid and took my first glimpse through a microscope at an unremarkable drop of pond water. As I saw the remarkable range of squirmy, shapely, and mysterious creatures…
Recognizing the Centennial of the Weeks Act
by Phoebe Backler, New Hampshire Field Coordinator This year, we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Weeks Act. This landmark legislation enabled the federal government to purchase private land to protect the watersheds and headwaters of rivers in the eastern…
Not Quite Paddling Yet
By Kate Williams What else for paddlers to do when the water is not yet liquid enough for paddling? Hit the early season paddling shows, of course! As in past years, NFCT was there to meet them this year. Specifically,…
Discovering the Clyde River
Paddling and overnight opportunities on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail’s Clyde River in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom.
Ahhhh….The Life of an NFCT Summer Intern
Our application deadline for summer interns (March 11th) is fast approaching. We here at the NFCT office look forward to it with great anticipation because we know it means we are getting closer to the paddling season, and also that another…
Winter on Flagstaff Lake
By Katie Williams Saturday, February 19: The wind that can whip Maine’s Flagstaff Lake into a froth in summer was doing its best to wreak equivalent winter havoc, but no dice. The sun was shining, the temperature relatively mild, and…
First Meeting of the Rockwood Kiosk Committee
At the mouth of the Moose River, the community of Rockwood overlooks the stunning rhyolite cliffs of Mt. Kineo that drop straight to the waters of the massive Moosehead Lake. It was a thoroughly appropriate location for the first meeting of…