Great news! The Land for Maine’s Future program has been replenished with $40 million from the state budget. This is the second largest infusion of funding in the program’s history, and it could not come at a more important time.…

Land conservation has significant benefits for public health; forestry, farming, fishing, and our outdoor economy; carbon sequestration and storage; and wildlife protection. For 30 years, the Land for Maine’s Future (LMF) program has helped conserve our natural resources, secure public…

Every 30 seconds in the United States, a football field’s worth of natural area is lost to development. Worldwide, the United Nations estimates that about a million species are now at risk of extinction and that biodiversity is declining hundreds…

We’ll be supporting AMC Trails Department with needed trail maintenance activities at Grafton Notch State Park. Reach out to Kate Johnson at kjohnson@outdoors.org if you’re interested in participating or click on a link below. July 14 Wednesday July 22 Thursday July 25…

Four, 2-hour workshops offered. Under the guidance of a trained AMC volunteer trail crew leader, learn basic trail care such as pruning, raking, removing invasive species and working with trail surface materials. 8:00-10:00 am (click here) 10:30 to 11:30 am…

We launch a new group page on Facebook, we hope this new page will have more social interaction than the previous AMC Maine page. Please join us (click here)

Watch annual meeting featured speaker, Philip J. Carcia, give adventure inspiring presentation. Click here

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Hear celebratory updates from various AMC leadership and staff members, all kicked off with a welcome message from President and CEO John Judge. Regretfully there was not time to watch this video at the annual dinner but is posted for…

From the Chapter Chair. The AMC and the Maine Chapter have been impacted by the COVID pandemic this year like numerous other organizations. We have restricted our spending to essential items, and significantly reduced the number of volunteer led trips…

Vote for your favorite photo: Photo Contest 2020. The photo contest category – most Liked per Facebook – concludes Friday, November 13. Click here to like your photo.

Show us your best outdoors You! The AMC Maine Chapter would like to see your photos of you and/or others engaged in outdoor activities, including hiking, biking, canoeing, kayaking, trail or conservation work. Up to three photos are allowed per…

By Eliza Townsend, Maine Conservation Policy Director The Maine legislature adjourned in March as the seriousness of the COVID-19 outbreak became clear. At that time, there was an expectation that lawmakers would return to address unfinished business, including a bond…

I joined the AMC ExCom for a variety of reasons. Most bigly, I have a lifetime of benefiting from the AMC. I use the River Guide on the regular, but the combination of Quiet Water and my Maine Atlas &…

From the pages of the AMC Maine Mountain Guide, 11th ed., a treasure trove of 300 mountains, 625 trails and 1,500 miles of hiking… Bald Bluff Mtn., Amherst Mountains Community Forest, Amherst, p. 510 Bald Ledge, Francis Small Heritage Trust,…

By Carey Kish, editor, AMC Maine Mountain Guide With 17.7 million acres of woods cloaking 89% of Maine’s total land area, our state is the most heavily forested in the United States. As such, we hikers are accustomed to ambling…

By Kristen Grant As a child growing up in rural Connecticut, my favorite summer activity was to drag my sleeping bag out to one of my Dad’s fields and sleep under the stars. No tent for me in those days,…