Maine Chapter NON-PROFIT Appalachian Mountain Club U.S.-POSTAGE PO Box 1534 P A I D Portland, Maine 04104 BRUNSWICK,-ME WILDERNESS PERMIT NO. 65 MATTERS Maine Chapter, Appalachian Mountain Club Volume XXXVII • Number 2 • Spring 2012 New AMC Maine Mountain Guide completely updated, includes 200 new trails! The new 10th edition of the AMC Maine all, more than 1,000 hours, plus about 1,500 Mountain Guide, exhaustively researched and miles of driving and hundreds of miles of hiking. revised (and available now!), features updated And that’s just by Carey! Fortunately, he had and expanded descriptions for hundreds of lots of able assistance, which ranged from existing trails. In addition, the guide features the many local, state, and federal agencies 75 new mountains and more than 200 new and organizations to many caring individuals, trails, thereby increasing the already wide including several fanatical AMC hikers as well variety of hiking possibilities available for every as his lovely wife Fran. level of hiking interest and ability. In all, more than 450 trails are now described, Join Carey Kish, editor of the new Maine totaling well over 1,000 miles of hiking Mountain Guide, for a look inside the opportunities ranging from easy woodland features of new guidebook, some notes on walks to moderate hill climbs to strenuous its history, and an overview of what went into mountain traverses. Complementing the hike its compilation. Two dates and locations are descriptions is a series of detailed topographic planned: Wednesday, April 25 at 6:30 PM at sheet maps highlighting seven popular hiking the Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St., destinations, and five topographic, in-text maps. Bangor and Tuesday, May 15 at the Curtis At the end of each section of the guide is an Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick expanded list of suggested hikes, selected to (potluck at 6, program at 7). provide hikers with a variety of options. The AMC Maine Mountain Guide has served The mountains of Maine are scattered across as the comprehensive hiker’s reference to a large and geographically diverse area ranging the mountain trails of Maine since 1961. This from the coast to the inland hills to the remote latest edition promises to carry on with the in the woods and mountains of Maine. mountains of the northern interior. Accordingly, long tradition as a trusted pathfinder for hikers The new guide took more than a year of the trails are organized into ten geographic seeking outdoor pleasure and healthful exercise research, editing and writing to complete. In - continued on page 5 Jeff Aceto Awarded Major AMC Honor The Appalachian Mountain Club Board of Inside: Directors has recognized Maine Chapter | Lots of trips and activities, meetings and member Jeff Aceto with the AMC Volunteer events to get you out there and enjoying Leadership Award. Jeff was one of only five spring in Maine! p.2-4 volunteers across the entire AMC honored | with this award at the AMC annual meeting on Programs on AMCs Maine North Woods January 28, 2012. and a Historical Film Fest, p.6, 7 The Volunteer Leadership Award recognizes | Chapter Volunteers Recognized, p.6 AMC’s outstanding volunteers who demonstrate | AMC Members in the News, p.8 the desire to share their time and expertise in the pursuit of AMC’s recreation, conservation, | Maine Chapter Membership Increases, p.8 and education mission. The Volunteer Leadership | John Judge Is New AMC President, p.9 Award recognizes one or more dedicated volunteers who, in addition to contributing many | Volunteer Opportunities Abound, p.9 hours, demonstrate outstanding passion and | commitment and are instrumental to AMC’s Maine Chapter Annual Meeting and activities, programs and mission. Registration Form, p.11 As most Maine Chapter members know, | Chapter Member Profile: AMC Board Vice-Chair Elizabeth Ehrenfeld Jeff has served the Maine chapter during the Sonny Martineau, p.12 congratulates Jeff Aceto on his AMC Volunteer Leadership Award. - continued on page 5 article on this program on p. 1 of this newsletter. Join us for a OUTINGS/EVENTS/ potluck dinner (open to the public) beginning at 6 PM, followed by the program at 7 PM. Bring a potluck item to share and your MEETINGS/EDUCATION: own dinnerware (plate, utensils etc.). Drinks will be available. See driving directions at www.amcmaine.org under Meetings and A Note about the Listings Education Committee. FMI, email Education Chair John Mullens at [email protected]. The listings below—presented in date order by category— include only those posted prior to the submission deadline for Tuesday, June 5: Old-fashioned Recreation in Maine: An AMC this issue of Wilderness Matters. For the most complete and Historical Film Fest, Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., accurate listings, and so you don’t miss spontaneous outings, Brunswick, ME. Hiking and camping around Katahdin in the please periodically check out the Calendar at www.amcmaine. 1940s will be the feature at this AMC Maine Chapter potluck org. For general questions or comments regarding these listings, and program (this program and all AMC events are open to please contact Jeff Aceto, Outings Chair, 207-650-5674, outings@ the public). Join AMC Librarian and Archivist Becky Fullerton amcmaine.org. for an historical film fest of epic, Maine proportions featuring footage from AMC’s collections! Travel back to the 1940s for Deadline, Wilderness Matters, Summer Issue: June 1, 2012. a trip into Piscataquis County for hiking and camping in the Wilderness Matters is your chapter newsletter. Everyone is Katahdin Region with able AMC leader Ron Gower. See the welcome and encouraged to contribute, be it stories, opinions, trails, streams, and peaks in dazzling Kodachrome color while photos or whatnot. We want to hear from you! Send submissions observing Mainers in their natural habitat. Becky will narrate the to [email protected]. Thank you! (FYI: Subsequent action and speak about the club as it was just after World War II. deadlines are September 1 for the Autumn issue and December 1 The footage to be shown was transferred to digital media from for the Winter issue). its original 16mm reels at Maine’s own Northeast Historic Film in Bucksport. Please see full article on this program on p. 7 of MEETINGS this newsletter. Potluck dinner begins at 6 PM and Becky’s talk at 7 PM. Bring a potluck item to share and your own dinnerware Thursday, May 10: Maine Chapter Executive Committee Meeting, (plate, utensils etc.) if possible. Drinks will be available. See Freeport, ME McDonald’s. Your Maine Chapter Executive driving directions at www.amcmaine.org under Meetings Committee meets every odd month (January, March, May, July, and Education Committee. FMI, email Chair John Mullens at September, and November) on the second Thursday. Important [email protected]. conservation topics, outdoor and educational activities, finances, and other items are discussed. Open to all. Meetings are held in the upstairs meeting room of Freeport McDonald’s (jct. of Main TRAILS St. and Mallett St. from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Leader: Larry Dyer, Saturday, April 14: Trail Work on Ledges Trail, Pleasant Mountain, [email protected]. Bridgton, ME. Take part in volunteer trail work on popular Ledges Trail in conjunction with Loon Echo Land Trust. Work EDUCATION involves brushing, blowdown removal and erosion control work. Bring work gloves. Leaders: Keith Chapman, (207) 799-5212 (best Tuesday, April 24: New Opportunities to Enjoy the North Maine time to call: Before 9 PM). Co-leaders: Douglas Ofiara, (207) 885- Woods, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, ME. 9183 (best time to call: Before 9 PM), [email protected]; Staff and volunteers of the Appalachian Mountain Club will present Richard York, (207) 893-1828 (best time to call: Before 9 PM). a slide-illustrated program on how AMC members and the public can enjoy AMC’s 66,500 acres in the 100-Mile Wilderness region east Saturday, April 28: Trail Work on Stone Mountain, Brownfield, ME. of Greenville, ME, and 3 hours north of Portland. The program will Help with trail reconnaissance and raking and debris removal on cover AMC’s long-range plans in northern Maine, their conservation Stone Mtn. Trail. Leader: Keith Chapman, (207) 799-5212 (best and land management goals, and recreational opportunities like time to call: Before 9 PM). Co-leader: Richard York, (207) 893-1828 the AMC wilderness lodges, campsites, shelters, and trails and (best time to call: Before 9 PM). waterways for hiking, canoeing, skiing, and snowshoeing. Learn Saturday, May 5: Trail Work on Mt. Cutler, Hiram, ME. Participate in about future canoe camping opportunities on the Roach Ponds and volunteer work on Mt. Cutler trails. Work will involve rerouting of mountain biking trails on other nearby lands. Please see full article Barnes Trail, small tree removal, raking, brushing and blazing. Dress on this program on p. 6 of this newsletter. Join us for a potluck accordingly with work pants, gloves, bring clippers and loppers. dinner at 6 PM and the program at 7 PM. Bring a potluck item to Leader: Douglas Ofiara, (207) 885-9183 (best time to call: Before 9 share and your own dinnerware (plate, utensils etc.) if possible. PM), [email protected]. Co-leader: Richard York, (207) 893-1828 Drinks will be available. FMI and driving directions check www. (best time to call: Before 9 PM). amcmaine.org under Meetings and Education Committee or email Saturday, May 19: Trail Work on Rumford Whitecap Mtn., Rumford, Education Chair John Mullens at [email protected]. ME. New trail construction between Rumford Whitecap Mtn. and Wednesday, April 25: Introduction of 2012 Maine Mountain Guide: Black Mtn. in conjunction with the Mahoosuc Land Trust.