For more than a century, AMC has given the world the opportunity to explore New Hampshire’s stunning alpine terrain by day and spend nights in our famed high mountain huts. But we’re not the only…
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Five Ways Federal Budget Cuts Put the Outdoors at Risk
Harmful budget proposals moving through Congress threaten to reverse decades of bipartisan conservation progress and undermine the landmark Great American Outdoors Act. The proposed cuts would slash funding for public lands and outdoor access, breaking the...
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TALCOTT MOUNTAIN STATE PARK, CT. There’s a dense fog where a view of the Farmington Valley should be. But Jay Levy sees more. And by the time he has concluded his interpretive hike on Indigenous…
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When people talk about the outdoors, they often talk about the sights: the way a mountain looks from the trailhead. The change in vegetation as they climb. The view from the summit. For people who…
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In September 2023 AMC’s Professional Trail Crew unveiled a trail unlike any they’d worked on. The Cardigan All Persons Trail (APT) at AMC Cardigan Lodge in New Hampshire is a half-mile-long path designed with all…
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At AMC, we believe everyone plays a part in our conservation work, including kids! AMC Junior Naturalists are curious children, ages five through twelve, who take a pledge to respect all living things, learn about…
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The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 brought record numbers of skygazers to the northernmost parts of AMC’s region. Millions of people in the zone of totality took time to stop, see the day…
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Get above treeline on any of New Hampshire’s high peaks, and you’ll find a landscape of contrast. Here in the alpine zone, a single step could disrupt decades of plant growth. But these summits are…
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When you smell fresh air and hear rustling leaves, it can feel like your whole body is calming down. That’s because it is. It’s your central nervous system taking cues from the environment around you….
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May 14, 2024 AMC’s path to zero greenhouse gas emissions winds through some unexpected places. Today, it’s a boatyard in an industrial park beneath Boston’s Tobin Bridge. This hangar-sized work area is the headquarters…
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