Throughout its history the AMC has maintained a strong tradition of working in partnership with other conservation organizations, agencies and groups for open space protection and sustainable management of natural resources.

With the maintenance responsibility for over 1,500 miles of trail from Maine to Pennsylvania, AMC is a recognized leader recreation management. AMC recruits, trains, and deploys thousands of volunteers to care for trails, and since 1919, has been supported by a professional trail crew that maintains and constructs trails throughout the northeast.

AMC is also a recognized leader as a provider of high quality mapping and GIS analysis. In the last decade, AMC has provided leadership in research and technical mapping for conservation efforts in the Northern Forest and mid-Atlantic regions. For more than 15 years our staff Cartographer has compiled data and composed recreational maps for some of the most highly used recreation areas in the northeast.

The AMC is the nation’s oldest and most experienced conservation and recreation organization. With a long history of successful initiatives, the experienced AMC staff can provide the following professional services to all land managers and land owners:

Recreational Trails

• Trail inventory and assessment 
• Trail construction and maintenance in all types of settings  
• Volunteer program development and training
  

Land Stewardship

• Trail signage, kiosks, and interpretive trail displays
• Visitor use impacts and management policies
  

Mapping

• Field data collection using differential GPS
• Trail maps, river and greenway guides 
• GIS analysis 
• Map production of current conditions, facilities or project scope   
  

Strategic Planning

• Visioning
• Recreation management planning  
  

Recent clients and projects include:

• Bedford Land Trust, NH
• Southeast Land Trust – Piscassic Greenway, NH 
• The Nature Conservancy – Great Bay Sanctuary, NH 
• South Portland Land Trust – Clarks Pond, ME 
• Saco Land Trust, ME 
• Friends of Acadia – Bar Harbor, ME 
• Loon echo Land Trust – Bridgeton, ME 
• Boston Area Natural Network – Milton, MA 
• Blue Hills Reservation – Milton, MA
  

Contact:
Andrew Norkin
Director of Trails and Recreation Management
Appalachian Mountain Club
Pinkham Notch Visitor Center
P.O. Box 298
Gorham, NH 03581
603-466-2721 ext. 8124

Photos: AMC Tails Department