The broad goals of Vision 2010 inspired a wide array of accomplishments. Major pieces of legislation were passed with AMC's help; tens of thousands of youth experienced the outdoors via AMC programs; AMC facilities throughout the Northeast were upgraded; and developments in e-communication and social networks allowed AMC to reach an ever-wider audience. The list goes on. Here are some of AMC's major accomplishments of the past decade.

To learn more about Vision 2010, read the AMC Outdoors feature “A Decade Outdoors” and watch the accompanying video.

• Alpine Steward program launched with White Mountain National Forest
• Rebuilt Galehead Hut opens

• AMC and the Maine Appalachian Trail Club begin construction of new 39-mile Grafton Loop Trail, AMC's largest trail building project in 25 years

• 125th Capital Campaign exceeds $25 million goal by raising $33 million
• Dwarf cinquefoil removed from endangered list after 22-year recovery effort

• 171,500-acre Connecticut Headwaters land protection project completed
• Mountain Watch citizen scientist alpine monitoring program launched; 15,000 hikers involved by 2010
• Multi-year renovation of Noble View Outdoor Center begins
• 37,000-acre Katahdin Iron Works property and Little Lyford Lodge and Cabins purchased as part of AMC’s new Maine Woods Initiative
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• Highland Center opens as state of the art "green" lodge

• Youth Opportunities Program (YOP) for urban and at-risk youth serves 50,000th youth since 1968
• Highlands Conservation Act signed into law, authorizing $100 million to protect land in Ct., N.Y., N.J., and Pa.

• AMC develops computer-based wind power siting model; begins work to encourage adoption of uniform wind power siting guidelines
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• Critical Treasures map developed for Mid-Atlantic Highlands
• Conservation Action Network surpasses 20,000 members
• Outdoors.org surpasses 1 million visitors annually
• Cardigan Lodge reopened after $1 million renovation

• Planning with partners begins for Pennsylvania Highlands Trail Network
  
• New England Wilderness Act signed, designating 34,500 additional acres of White Mountain National Forest as Wilderness
• Medawisla Wilderness Lodge and Cabins purchased and re-opened
• Coleman Trails Challenge launched

• AMC receives over $1 million in grants from the National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for research on climate change impacts on Northeastern mountains
• Centennial edition of White Mountain Guide published
• White Mountain Guide Online launched
• Grafton Loop Trail completed
• AMC opens office in Greenville, Maine, in support of Maine Woods Initiative
  
  

• Gorman Chairback Lodge and Cabins dedicated
• Member Center launched on outdoors.org
• AMC’s Facebook page is launched; reaches 10,000 fans by 2010

• New England National Scenic Trail designation approved by Congress
• AMC Outdoors Online is launched
• 29,500-acre Roach Ponds Tract purchased as part of Maine Woods Initiative

• YOP serves 100,000th youth; AMC opens YOP office in Harlem
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• New outdoors.org launched
• Reconstruction of Madison Spring Hut begins, supported by Spirit of Madison Campaign
  
• Construction begins on new "green" lodge at Gorman Chairback Lodge and Cabins
  
• AMC embarks on Vision 2020

Photo credits: Grafton Loop Trail sign photo by Andrew Norkin, dwarf cinquefoil photo by Doug Weihrauch, turbine photo by Jerry and Marcy Monkman.