Trails
Inside Trails
Committee Members
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Phil Coyne
Send email to Phil Coyne Chair
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Peter Roderick
Send email to Peter Roderick Trail Leader Mentor
Chain Saw Policy and other Inter Trails Committee documents
Trails Committee Chairs and FMI: Phil Coyne (He, Him)
May 16-20 2024 Trail Work Training at Trail Skills College:
Trail Work Schedules
2024 trails calendar:
- April 28, Pisgah Hill Preserve South, Royal River Conservation Trust, New Gloucester, Phil Coyne
- May 4, Trail Maintenance on Appalachian Trail, Stratton, here, Leader Josh Barlow
- May 5, Pleasant Mountain, here, Leader Phil Coyne
- May 24-27, Lyford, here, Leaders Peter Roderick, Phil Coyne, Susan Cottle
- June 1, National Trails Day:
- Cutler Mountain, Leader, here, Leader Patsy Thompson Leavitt
- Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust, here, Leaders Josh Barlow, Katie Barlow
- Young Member’s trip to Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust, here Leader William Jones (Trails Leader Phil Coyne)
- Midcoast Conservancy properties in Lincoln County here, Susan Cottle
- June 7-9, Phoenix Shelter in Maine Woods with the Worcester Chapter, here Leaders Steve Ciras, Joe Massery
- June 21-24, Gorman, here, Leaders Dave McCarthy, Phil Coyne
- June 21-24, Medawisla, here, Leaders Josh Barlow, Katie Barlow
- June 29, Susan Cottle Midcoast Conservancy properties in Lincoln County.
- July 18-21, Supporting Northern Forest Canoe Trail, here, Allagash Wilderness Waterway area, Leader Peter Roderick
- July TBD, Pleasant Mountain, Leader Phil Coyne
- Summer Trip TBD Cutler Mountain, Leader, Leader Patsy Thompson Leavitt
- October 11-14, Medawisla, Leaders Josh Barlow, Katie Barlow, Phil Coyne
- Fall TBD, Pleasant Mountain, Leader Phil Coyne
- November 3, Trail Maintenance on Appalachian Trail, Stratton, here, Leader Josh Barlow
Please refer to the trail event calendar for the latest work trip postings.
Join the Trails Team!
We are searching for people to join the Trails Committee team and looking for folks to assist leading trail work trips. These people will be responsible for leading a small group of volunteers out to do general trail work during the weekend a few times a year. This work will keep our trails safe and enjoyable for all. Everyone has fun and it’s for a good cause! To join the team click here. Or for more information please send an email to Phil Coyne click here.
Meet the Trails Team!
We have a core team working and leading trail work trips in Maine.
- Phil Coyne: Trails Chair and Trails Leader
- Peter Roderick: Mentor, Maine Trails Adopter Coordinator and Trails Leader
- Joshua Barlow: Trails Leader
- Katie Barlow: Trails Leader
- Susan Cottle: Trails Leader
- Kate Johnson: Advisor, Trainer, Advanced Trails Skills
- Patricia Leavitt: Trails Leader
- David McCathy: Trails Leader
- Robert Pantel: Trails Leader
- Amanda Peterson: Advisor, Trainer, Advanced Trails Skills
Volunteer Trail Resources
- Trail Leader Requirements and Guidelines (adopted 3/2021) click here
- To view the trail work refresher video
Training at Camp Dodge Trails Center
Camp Dodge Trails Center, a White Mountain National Forest facility operated by the AMC under a special use permit, has been renovated and is now open as a hub for sharing trails skills and knowledge through trainings, workshops, and networking opportunities for the region’s trails volunteers and professionals! Click here for more info or each out to Erik Samia at [email protected] with any questions.
Peter Roderick Trail Work Award
Plan now for doing trailwork this summer. AMC members who have never done trailwork are invited to apply for a scholarship that will cover all costs for food and overnight lodging during one of four multi-day trailwork opportunities in AMC’s Maine Wilderness Initiative (MWI).
The Peter Roderick Trail Work Award (PRTWA), named to honor a longtime Maine Chapter trail volunteer, will cover the cost of a multi-day volunteer trail work outing in AMC’s 100,000-acre MWI area outside of Greenville, Maine. The goal of this program is to encourage first-time trail volunteers to participate in multi-day opportunities in the MWI to learn trailwork skills and experience the satisfaction of giving back.
Designed for first-time trailwork volunteers and Young Member volunteers, up to twelve PRTWA scholarships may be awarded for use during any of the four volunteer trips during 2023.
Learn more about the scholarship and trip details
Blowdowns
While hiking in spring you come across a spruce tree that has fallen across the trail. What is your reaction?
- A. Blowdowns are a part of the hiking experience. I go around them.
- B. Grumble that someone should do their job.
- C. I contact the person responsible for the trail.
- D. I remove the blowdown.