Mountain Birds and Flowers

Interested in those elusive alpine birds, or those rare and fragile flowers? Or how about air quality and visual impacts on our summit views? AMC’s “Mountain Watch Program” may be for you! This program turns the ordinary hiker, into a volunteer scientist to collect important data on trends in bird counts, alpine flowering dates, and visibility distances. All in an effort to protect the ecological health of the mountains we all enjoy. This year there is also an alpine plant photo contest, so keep your camera handy!