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MWI in the News: Recent press coverage of the Maine Woods Initiative
Greenville Maine, Lakeside Lounging (Gorman Chairback Lodge), Outside, May 2011 On the trail | Enhancements to the AMC's 50-mile trail bring tourists and controversy, Mainebiz, May 16, 2011 AMC Has Deep Roots in Maine Woods, Maine Outdoor Journal, February 6, 2011 100-Mile Wilderness keeps getting better, Portland Press Herald, June 12, 2010 Opening Up the Maine Woods, Men's Journal, March, 2010 Roach Ponds Tract land purchase connects conservation tracts, Bangor Daily News, November 10, 2009 Roach Pond Tracts purchase part of "landmark achievement," says Gov. John Baldacci, Maine Public Radio, November 9, 2009 Roach Ponds Tract a "missing link" of Maine land protected, Boston Globe's The Green Blog, November 9, 2009 Maine pond, river tracts preserved, Associated Press, November 9, 2009 Weekend getaways (camp-to-camp skiing), National Geographic Adventure, February, 2008 Maine lining: camp-to-camp cross-country skiing in Maine, Wicked Local/Westwood Press, February 24, 2008 Going to the dogs: sledding adventures a joyous escape into the winter landscape, Albany Times Union, February 3, 2008 Camping under a mantle of snow, by Dave Caldwell, New York Times, January 4, 2008 Little Lyford Pond Camps: the brook trout are biting in Maine's backcountry, Yankee Magazine, September/October 2007 Portland Press Herald & WMTW-TV Feature AMC in Maine, July 2007 Pleasant ride beckons; new trail to open in Maine, Concord Monitor, June 26, 2007 50 All-Star Family Camps: AMC Family Adventure Camp at Little Lyford Pond Camps, Budget Travel Magazine, March 2007 Snowshoeing at 37 below/winter goes to the dogs, Concord Monitor, February 9, 2007 Maine camps: a place to get away from it all, Concord Monitor, February 2, 2007 Mushing through the wilderness from camp to camp, New Hampshire Union Leader, February 2, 2007 Where Bullwinkle bunks, Budget Travel Online, January 18, 2007 The A*List, National Geographic Traveler, January 16, 2007 A new place in Maine, The Angling Report, October 2006 Delicate terrain, Boston Globe Magazine, September 24, 2006 Of Moose and Maine, The Ottawa Citizen, August 2006 Of moose and men, The Boston Globe, March 31, 2006 Roughing it in style, The Gazette (Montreal), March 2006 Maine Public Radio news story on the Maine Woods Initiative (Windows Media Player required), reported by Susan Sharon: "With so many Maine paper companies giving up their traditional land holdings in the state, selling it off to investment groups or selling the development rights, it would seem strange for the nation's oldest conservation and recreation organization to get into the timber management business. But that's exactly what the Appalachian Mountain Club is doing near Moosehead Lake. As Susan Sharon reports, the AMC has purchased 37-thousand acres from International Paper and has big plans for habitat protection, recreation and even sustainable forestry." Group seeks to revive ecotourism; AMC preserving 36,691 acres for hikers, paddlers, The Bangor Daily News, June 2005 (©2005 Bangor Daily News, used with permission.) Diamond in the rough, Maine Sunday Telegram, September 26, 2004 Opportunities abound in 100-Mile Wilderness, The Maine Sportsman, August 2004 Rustic wilderness camps recall Thoreau, Bangor Daily News, July 23, 2004 Of solitude and saunas: deep in the Maine Woods, feeling coolly back in time, The Boston Globe, February 8, 2004 Mountain Club buys 37,000 acres near Monson; Greenville welcomes new neighbors, January 14, 2004 100 miles of wilderness: protecting wildlands along the Appalachian Trail, Northern Sky News, December 2003 AMC wilderness purchase preserves a Maine treasure, Portland Press Herald, December 14, 2003 Conservation conversion, The Bangor Daily News Editorial, December 12, 2003 AMC buys 37,000-acre parcel, Associated Press, December 9, 2003 Photo: Rob Burbank |
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