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Newsletter November 2005 Caring for the Sandwich Range Since 1892 WONALANCET OUT DOOR CLUB Newsletter November 2005 Caring for the Sandwich Range since 1892 Creating a New WMNF Wilderness Bill: 1997-2005 Fifteen years have passed since the most recent area of designated Wilderness was established in the White Mountain National Forest. Between 1964 when the Wilderness Act was passed by Congress and 1990 when the Caribou-Speckled Mountain Wilderness was designated by the Maine Wilderness Act, five areas, totaling 114,000 acres in the 800,000-acre National Forest, have been declared Wilderness. The 23,155 Sandwich Range Friends of Sandwich Range and Wild River journey to Washington, DC to Wilderness was established by The New Hampshire discuss new Wilderness with our representatives. Photo: H. Dowey Wilderness Act of 1984. That’s where things have stood ever since. Although timber harvesting has Also in this issue . continued and snowmobile trails and other recreational uses have expanded in the WMNF, not one additional acre of NH wilderness has been designated since 1984. Trails Report Page 2 Annual Meeting Page 3 Beginnings of a Plan Tom Wessels Page 3 In 1998, twelve years into the current WMNF Forest Plan, a group of WODC members, many of whom are still active on the trails and committees, began to realize Lawrence Trail Page 6 that the time had come to protect more of the Sandwich Range as Wilderness. The effort began in 1997 when Fred Lavigne and Evelyn MacKinnon happened upon a The Outlook Page 8 timber sale near the Algonquin Trail in an area of the WMNF abutting the Sandwich Range Wilderness. It seemed to them that this area should be off-limits to timber harvesting. These relatively low elevation stands of timber had, however, been excluded from Wilderness in 1984. Shortly thereafter, through the efforts of Fred, Evelyn and others, the Friends of Sandwich Range was born in an effort secure permanent protection as designated Wilderness for areas such as this. A proposal was put together for extending the Sandwich Range Wilderness by an additional 33,000 acres around the original 23,000-acre core. At about the same time, the Forest Service was beginning the initial phases of revising the Forest Plan. Public meetings and calls for comments were issued. (see WODC Newsletter, Nov. 1997). Other groups were also beginning to explore possibilities for adding wilderness to the new WMNF plan (see WODC Newsletter, Dec. 1998). Among the areas proposed was the Wild River region that had also been excluded from the 1984 Act. This attracted the interest of Dan Yetter. Dan had been on a winter overnight in the Wild River area a few years before and was impressed by its size and remoteness. Fellow backpacker Tom Merrick also had ties to the area that went back many years. After attending many meetings with the Forest Service and others, Dan, Tom and a few colleagues organized a Friends of Wild River group and began preparing a proposal for a new 70,000 acre Wild River Wilderness. Almost immediately the two Friends groups combined their efforts to expand the Sandwich Range Wilderness and create a Wild River Wilderness. The details of the proposals are strikingly presented at the Friends web site: www.whywilderness.org created and maintained by Peter Smart. Dick Daniels displays the WODC Tireless Wilderness, Page 4 Hero Award presented to him at the 2005 Annual Meeting. Photo: C. Miller 2 TRAILS REPORT Last year the trail crew worked mainly on Service. Eric was not only hardworking, he season. Theirs was a paid position, but they Lawrence Trail. After that work, we was a great leader. also put in additional volunteer time. Without anticipated that this year we would again This was the first time we have had a their help, there could not have been a trail have a crew on Lawrence, since much work combined crew with the FS and it worked out crew this summer. remained to be done. However, at the joint extremely well. In spite of an unusually rainy In addition to the accomplishments related spring, the trail crew accomplished our to the trail crew, we had the standard trail FS/WODC spring planning meeting, we all ambitious goals for the 12 weeks. days. On our Annual Spring Trails day there concluded a section of Lawrence needs The first few weeks with the crew was was a good turnout of adopters and other rerouting, and it was premature to do further spent cleaning waterbars, brushing, and volunteers to help clear away winter debris. work there. We decided that Dicey’s Mill clearing blowdowns. This work was done on On NH Trails Day we had a fun project – a Trail would be the focus of the 2005 trail most of the WODC trails. The rest of the 12 bridge was constructed along the Brook Path. crew. weeks was spent doing trail reconstruction Sleeper Weekend did not happen because of In the past we have shared a 12 week work on Dicey’s Mill Trail: 120 rock water rain. Dick Daniels crew with Squam Lakes Association, WODC bars were installed, and 11 rock steps. Trail Committee Chair Reconstruction work on Dicey’s Mill Trail when necessary, we should not shy away having the crew for 8 weeks, and SLA for 4. was completed in one summer! It was a very This year, SLA opted not to have a summer from legal redress. successful summer, and we look forward to After considerable discussion, a motion trail crew so we had the crew for the entire 12 having a shared operation with the Forest was made and unanimously passed that the weeks. This cost us proportionately more, but Service next year. Executive Committee, in the name of the it was money well spent since the same WODC, be authorized to insure the right of amount of training and camp site preparation McCrillis Path Perhaps the most important article on the public access to McCrillis Path, including is necessary for a 12 week crew as for 8 weeks. Thus we got almost twice as much accomplished with the 12 week crew as we would have with an 8 week crew. Since we did not share a trail crew with SCA, that meant WODC was responsible the crew expenses for the 12 week season, but also potentially responsible for hiring a crew leader. Fortunately, the Forest Service stepped up and agreed to supply the crew leader if we supplied the crew. This was a great deal for the FS since they got a 4-person crew for the expense of a summer employee. And it was a great deal for WODC since we were able to afford a crew for 12 weeks. It was also a good experience for our four Student Conservation Association volunteers (Tyler Sapp, Tom Hite, Tim Padilino, and Jonathan Lauffer). The FS crew leader was Eric Geib, a recent college graduate, who was thus their own age and very in tune with their Tom Wessels directs everyone’s attention skyward during an outing near Mead Base. Photo: C. Miller needs. He stayed with them at Meade Conservation Center, took them to the trail Annual Meeting agenda was McCrillis Path head with a Forest Service truck, and gave – its current status and what action, if any, initiating legal procedures, if necessary. them some insight into working for the Forest the club should take to insure unfettered Funds were included in the 2006 budget access by the hiking public. for costs that may be incurred in protecting As was detailed in a recent WODC public access to McCrillis Path. Also, John Chandler has generously offered to do legal The Newsletter is published semiannually by newsletter, McCrillis Path is a historical trail/road that has been used by the general work on a pro bono basis. Other legal the Wonalancet Out Door Club. Submissions volunteers may also be available. If expenses for inclusion in future issues should be sent to: public for hundreds of years. Under New Hampshire law, because of this usage, the are anticipated to exceed the 2006 budget allocation, the Executive Committee has been WODC Newsletter Editor public has a legal right to hike the entire authorized to augment the legal defense funds HCR 64, Box 248 length of the trail. Apparently a land owner at by donations and grants that specifically Wonalancet, NH 03897 the Whiteface Interval end of the trail support this cause. Or, contests this right and in the past has [email protected] We will keep you apprised of the discouraged hikers from using a section of developments as this situation is resolved. the trail that is on his land. Dick Daniels WODC was established in 1892 for maintaining The hope was expressed at Annual trails and promoting conservation. Meeting that McCrillis Path and other trails McCrillis Path Committee WODC web site: www.wodc.org have their existing access rights protected without having to resort to legal means. But Printed on 100% post-consumer, processed While I occasionally worked with the chlorine free, non-de-inked, recycled paper. crew on the trails, my contributions as Trail Committee Chair were mostly administrative. So the crew assistance provided by Fred Lavigne and Dave White was much appreciated and crucial to the successful 3 WODC ANNUAL MEETING 2005 The 2005 Annual Meeting was held on Library in Tamworth is now open. We can to the right of the public to hike on this trail the morning of Saturday, August 20 in the place materials there where they will be as it crosses one piece of private land. In the Wonalancet Chapel, following a delicious secure.
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