AMC Press Releases - 2006

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Read AMC press releases covering the latest news on the outdoor world including conservation, education, and recreation.

November

• New Pennsylvania Highlands Report Identifies Nearly 247,000 Acres As Top Conservation Priority (November 14, 2006)
• Appalachian Mountain Club Rolls Out New "AMC Outdoor Explorations" Program This Winter (November 6, 2006)

October

• Coleman Announces Partnership with Appalachian Mountain Club (PDF) (October 27, 2006)
• The Nature Conservancy and Plum Creek Sign Agreement to Permanently Conserve Nearly 345,000 Acres in Northern Maine (PDF) (October 24, 2006)
  AMC Q&A on Moosehead Lake Area Conservation Announcement
  
• Appalachian Mountain Club Comments to National Park Service on the Draft Metacomet Monadnock Mattabesett National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment (PDF)
  (October 16, 2006)
• AMC Carter Notch Hut Returns to Full Service in Summer 2007
  (October 11, 2006)

September

• Appalachian Mountain Club to Open Third Sporting Camp to Public as part of Club’s Maine Woods Initiative (September 28, 2006)
• Appalachian Mountain Club Outlines Initial Response to Draft Metacomet Monadnock Mattabesett National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study (September 6, 2006)

August

• New England Fall Foliage Outdoor Adventure and Lodging with Appalachian Mountain Club (August 29, 2006)
• National Park Service Releases Study of Metacomet Monadnock Mattabesett Trail System as Potential National Scenic Trail and Announces Public Open House (August 28, 2006)
• Appalachian Mountain Club White Mountain Hut System Awarded Environmental Champion Status by New Hampshire Sustainable Lodging Program (August 9, 2006)
• Appalachian Mountain Club Purchases Medawisla Wilderness Camps; New Recreational Opportunities a Part of Maine Woods Initiative (August 4, 2006)

June

• New Recreation Map for Maine’s Piscataquis County Region Unveiled (June 15, 2006)
• Maine Groups Oppose Proposed Redington Wind-Power Project (June 7, 2006)

May

• AMC seeks volunteer ‘citizen scientists’ during Alpine Flower Watch Week, June 10-18 (May 25, 2006) 
• Appalachian Mountain Club Concerned Over Land Conservation Funding Cuts (May 11, 2006)

April

• AMC's Highland Center Receives Editors’ Choice Award (April 17, 2006)
• AMC Applauds Vermont Delegation on Green Mountain National Forest Wilderness Bill (April 7, 2006)

March

• AMC Re-launches AMC Outdoors Magazine with New Look, Departments (March 31, 2006)
• Conservation Framework Would Protect 400,000 Acres (PDF) (March 31, 2006)
• AMC Commends New Hampshire Delegation on White Mountain National Forest Wilderness Bill (March 28, 2006)
• Spring-Themed Lodging Packages Make It Easy to Shape Up For Summer with AMC (March 23, 2006)
• Appalachian Mountain Club, Northern Forest Alliance Applaud Bipartisan Effort to Protect the Northern Forest (March 21, 2006)

February

• AMC Responds to Land Conservation Funding in President’s FY2007 Budget (Feb. 8, 2006)
• AMC Scientist Appointed to Air Resources Council (Feb. 3, 2006)

January

• Summer 2006 Outdoor Adventure Vacations with Appalachian Mountain Club (Jan. 27, 2006)

• Appalachian Mountain Club Expresses Sympathy for Victims of Mt. Kilimanjaro Incident (Jan. 6, 2006)