Help the Appalachian Mountain Club permanently protect the Whitecap Highlands Forest, a 29,500-acre, ecologically significant landscape in the heart of Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness. The Whitecap Highlands Forest lies immediately north of AMC’s recently protected Barnard...
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Help the Appalachian Mountain Club permanently protect the Whitecap Highlands Forest, a 29,500-acre, ecologically significant landscape in the heart of Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness. The Whitecap Highlands Forest lies immediately north of AMC’s recently protected Barnard…
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As we step into our 150th year, the Appalachian Mountain Club is rooting into something that has guided us from the beginning: optimism. The outdoors faced real challenges in 2025, yet our community showed up with courage…
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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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It’s pouring down rain in the White Mountains, but the trail workers at Camp Dodge don’t seem to mind. In fact, as they chisel away at rocks and inspect trails for accessibility, most of…
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If you’ve ever stood on a mountain summit, you know the feeling: the wind on your face, the ache in your legs, and the way the land rolls away into the blue distance as far as you can see. Today,…
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From shifting policies to the impacts of climate change, it’s easy to feel weighed down by the challenges facing the outdoors today. But if 150 years of raising our voices for the outdoors has taught…
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When you hear the words “scientific research,” most people think of sterile labs with halogen lights, scientists in white coats, test tubes and beakers. But spend a day in the field with an AMC…
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2025 has unleashed many obstacles to conservation efforts. We have weathered everything from drastic funding cuts to large-scale environmental policy rollbacks. But the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) and our community of nearly 90,000 members have…
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At the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC), we pride ourselves on consistently standing at the front lines of conservation. From the forests of Maine to the trails of Virginia, our climate action strategy extends beyond policy….
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