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MWI in the News: Recent press coverage of the Maine Woods Initiative

Dock at Little Lyford Pond Camps. Photo: Rob Burbank

"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

"Adventure: 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

New Hampshire Public Television crews filmed recent programs, for the "Windows to the Wild" series at AMC’s Medawisla Wilderness Camps, where the focus was on cross-country skiing and dog-sledding, and at Little Lyford Pond Camps, where fly-fishing was the main attraction.

"Night Spots: Backcountry overnights don't always involve tents," Concord Monitor, March 20, 2007

Concierge.com, May 2007: "Concierge.com's recommendations on what to see and do: Maine," snowsports.

Budget Travel Magazine, "50 All-Star Family Camps," March 2007, AMC Family Adventure Camp at Little Lyford Pond Camps

Concord Monitor, "Snowshoeing at 37 below/Winter goes to the dogs," February 9, 2007

Concord Monitor, "Maine camps: a place to get away from it all," February 2, 2007

New Hampshire Union Leader, "Mushing through the wilderness from camp to camp," February 2, 2007

Budget Travel Online, Where Bullwinkle Bunks, January 18, 2007

National Geographic Traveler, The A*List, January 16, 2007

The Angling Report, "A New Place in Maine," October 2006

Boston Globe Magazine, "Delicate Terrain," September 24, 2006

The Ottawa Citizen, "Of Moose and Maine," August 2006

The Boston Globe, "Of moose and men," 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."

The Bangor Daily News, "Group seeks to revive ecotourism; AMC preserving 36,691 acres for hikers, paddlers," June, 2005 (©2005 Bangor Daily News, used with permission.)

Maine Sunday Telegram, “Diamond in the Rough,” September 26, 2004

The Maine Sportsman, “Opportunities Abound in 100-Mile Wilderness,” August 2004

Bangor Daily News, “Rustic Wilderness Camps Recall Thoreau,” July 23, 2004

The Boston Globe, “Of Solitude and Saunas: Deep in the Maine Woods, Feeling Coolly Back in Time,” February 8, 2004

Piscataquis Observer, “Mountain Club Buys 37,000 Acres Near Monson; Greenville Welcomes New Neighbors,” January 14, 2004

Northern Sky News, “100 Miles of Wilderness: Protecting Wildlands Along the Appalachian Trail,” December 2003

Portland Press Herald, “AMC Wilderness Purchase Preserves a Maine Treasure,” December 14, 2003

The Bangor Daily News, Editorial, “Conservation Conversion,” December 12, 2003

Associated Press, “AMC Buys 37,000-Acre Parcel,” December 9, 2003

Photo: Rob Burbank