The AMC has been making news in newspapers and magazines, and on the radio, television, and the Web. Here is a digest of some of the news stories in which the AMC has appeared.
Discover the Berkshires of Massachusetts highlighted in print, on air
The Berkshire Record
July 2003
Discover the Berkshires of Massachusetts
AMC Books’ latest edition to our popular series, was favorably reviewed in The Berkshire Record.
Crawford Notch history and future highlighted
The North Star Monthly
July 2003
A feature article in the July issue of this monthly Vermont magazine explores the history of Crawford Notch and the AMC’s plans for the site as a center for outdoor exploration and learning opportunities. The article includes a photo of the Highland Center taken from atop the Elephant Head rock profile.
AMC makes New Hampshire magazine’s “Best of NH 2003” list
New Hampshire magazine
July 2003
The AMC’s Pinkham Notch Visitor Center achieved a prestigious “Editor’s Picks” award as the “Best Cheap Eats in the White Mountains” in the 2003 “Best of NH” awards. The magazine lauded the visitor center’s meals as “plentiful, hearty, and cooked from scratch.”
Hit the trail and learn an outdoor skill
Yankee magazine
July/August 2003
The AMC’s Outdoor Adventures and Workshops and skills training programs were highlighted in a Yankee feature story on learning vacations. Acknowledging the AMC’s 125 years of outdoor expertise, the magazine noted that participants are “guaranteed to walk out of the woods with a new appreciation of nature and a refreshed outlook on life.”
Northeastern Wilds featured in print, on radio, TV
The Outdoor Message — Summer 2003 (released in July 2003)
“Switchboard,” Vermont Public Radio — July 17, 2003
“The Maine Outdoors,” Channel 6, Portland, Maine — July 12, 2003
Northeastern Wilds: Journeys of Discovery in the Northern Forest, by writer and photographer Stephen Gorman, was reviewed in The Outdoor Message. Author Stephen Gorman also appeared on Vermont Public Radio's “Switchboard” where he answered questions from callers about the Northern Forest. Newscaster Bill Green took viewers out on the trail with Gorman for a piece about the book for Green’s weekly television program, “The Maine Outdoors,” which airs on channel 6 in Portland, Maine.
AMC Huts are a hit with hiking columnist
Maine Sunday Telegram
July 13, 2003
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram columnist Carey Kish recounted a recent stay in the AMC’s White Mountain huts and lauded these popular facilities for the friendliness of the crew, the quality of the meals and programming, and their spectacular locations in the White Mountain National Forest.
Highland Center highlighted in the Upper Valley
The Caledonian Record
July 16, 2003
This Page One story by Gary Lindsley focused on the vision for the Highland Center, the AMC’s newest destination for adventure, learning, and lodging in the White Mountains. The piece provided an update on the center’s construction, as well as details on the educational programming and lodging to be available at the center in Crawford Notch, set to open in September 2003. The daily Caledonian Record serves the Upper Connecticut River Valley in Vermont and New Hampshire.
New England-based contractors help build the Highland Center
The Mountain Ear
July 17, 2003
Contractors from New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts are helping to build the Highland Center at Crawford Notch, the AMC’s newest destination for adventure, learning, and lodging in the White Mountains, which is set to open in September 2003. This business news story provided an update on construction and a look at the AMC’s plans for the property. Similar stories have also appeared in The Northern Light, The Coos County Democrat, and The Littleton Courier.
AMC White Mountain Guide highlighted in print, on TV
The Union Leader
The Conway Daily Sun
Valley Vision, Channel 3, Mount Washington Valley
July 18, 2003
Publication of the 27th Edition of the AMC White Mountain Guide was highlighted in The Union Leader’s “Outdoors with the AMC” column. The Conway Daily Sun columnist Ed Parsons also reviewed the new guide, and interviewed Gene Daniell and Steven D. Smith for the article. And Valley Vision broadcast coverage of a recent “Meet the Authors” event at White Birch Books in North Conway, N.H. Co-author Steve Smith and cartographer Larry Garland discussed the process of updating the popular hiking guide, which has been published by AMC since 1907.
Climbing with AMC author Alex Kosseff
The Boston Herald
July 20, 2003
This recreation feature story focused on the sport of climbing and indicated that the AMC can provide skills training for those who wish to learn to climb.
Alaska hut system considered
Alaska Public Radio Network
July 22, 2003
The Alaska Huts Association is proposing to create a hut system in Alaska, and Alaska Public Radio looked to the AMC for insight on its celebrated system of White Mountain huts for an hour-long radio call-in show. AMC Public Affairs Director Rob Burbank was a guest on the “Talk of Alaska” program that reached the entire state of Alaska on July 22. He discussed the history of the AMC huts as well as the AMC’s dedication to mountain stewardship and environmentally sensitive operations.
AMC works to support federal conservation funding!
The Boston Globe Editorial, “Promised Land” — July 2, 2003
The Nashua Telegraph Editorial “Congress should raise 2004 funding level for conservation” — July 16, 2003
The Concord Monitor Editorial “The Green Way” — July 16, 2003
The Portland Press Herald Editorial “House should restore funds for Forest Legacy Program” — July 16, 2003
The Burlington Free Press Editorial “Wilderness Ignored” — July 22, 2003
The Baltimore Sun Op-ed by the AMC’s Mid-Atlantic Conservation Director Jad Daley “Invest in Open Spaces” — July 29, 2003
During the month of July, the AMC and its conservation partners met with news outlets throughout the region to discuss federal conservation funding, specifically the Forest Legacy Program and Land and Water Conservation Funding. The editorials below followed those meetings.
Not Without Peril plays encore performance
N.H. Public Radio’s “The Front Porch”
July 24, 2003
New Hampshire Public Radio’s “The Front Porch” re-broadcast their popular interview with Nicholas Howe, author of the AMC best-seller, Not Without Peril: 150 Years of Misadventure on the Presidential Range of New Hampshire. (See entry for May 30, 2003.)
Grafton Loop highlighted
The Maine Sunday Telegram
July 27, 2003
This “Outdoors” section feature story on the Grafton Loop trail highlighted the efforts of AMC volunteers and other Grafton Loop Coalition members who are working tirelessly to complete the Grafton Loop Trail, a new 42-mile-long loop trail in western Maine. Writer Deirdre Fleming provided a wealth of information about the coordination of the groups involved in planning and building the trail. The eastern portion of the trail opened on National Trails Day, and AMC volunteers and staff are now working on the western portion, slated to open in 2005.
AT celebrated in Waterville Valley
The Union Leader/New Hampshire Sunday News — July 27, 2003
Associated Press News Wire — July 28, 2003
New England Cable News — July 28, 2003
CNN — July 29, 2003
AMC hosted the 34th Biennial Conference of the Appalachian Trail in Waterville Valley July 25-Aug. 1 and coordinated press coverage of the event. The conference, which drew more than 750 participants from around the nation, was the focus of a news story on the state of the AT in The New Hampshire Sunday News and on the AP wire, as well as news feature television coverage by New England Cable News (NECN) and CNN.
Editorializing on open space
The Baltimore Sun
July 29, 2003
This op-ed piece from the AMC’s Mid-Atlantic Conservation Director Jad Daley penned and championed the importance of open-space protection in Maryland.
Federal conservation funding urged for Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Inquirer
July 31, 2003
Jad Daley, the AMC’s Mid-Atlantic Director of Conservation, submitted an opinion piece on the importance of the Pennsylvania Highlands to the mid-Atlantic region. He highlighted the importance of federal Forest Legacy funding in protecting the region’s open spaces from urban sprawl.
