AMC board member Ramón Cruz is the former President of the Sierra Club and has over 25 years of experience intersecting the fields of sustainability, environmental policy, urban planning, energy and climate change. He has worked in...
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Winter has arrived in New Hampshire’s Pinkham Notch. How might a changing climate change the nature of winter in this special place? As AMC researchers have recently shown, climate change is already altering winter, resulting in a shorter, less snowy cold season here in the Northeast, on…
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The following is the prologue of Andrew Vietze’s This Wild Land: Two Decades of Adventure as a Park Ranger in the Shadow of Katahdin, available for purchase now from AMC Books. Justine looks like…
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After ten years as President and CEO of the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC), John Judge announced that he is stepping down. He has accepted the position of President and CEO at the conservation non-profit organization,…
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The following is excerpted from AMC’s Essential Guide to Winter Recreation, by Andrew Vietze. A comfortable camp can make all the difference on a winter backpacking trip. After a long, cold day on the…
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AMC volunteers are the driving force that moves AMC toward its goals. AMC volunteers touch all corners of conservation, recreation, and outdoor education and leadership with the work they do daily. From Maine to…
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Some people come into our lives to rekindle our spirits, motivate, and inspire us. A dozen years ago, Alison Darbee, Joe Murphy, and I—three strangers in whom an interest in hiking and mountain climbing…
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AMC’s Northeast Alpine Flower Watch is a community science -driven research project investigating how alpine plants and ecosystems are responding to climate change—and we need your help! By taking photos of plants in high-elevation areas…
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The Appalachian Trail (AT) spans over 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine. The landscape along its sides, known as the AT corridor, includes both the remote peaks and valleys traversed by the trail and the…
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The highest point of elevation in Port St. John, Fla.—my hometown—is 84 feet above sea level. There, we’re not taught how to park on a hill. We don’t acclimate to walking on ice. And…
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