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AT Shelter Adopter, Wilbur Clearing

The AT Committee is seeking an Adopter for the Wilbur Clearing Shelter and Campsite on Mt Greylock. Duties include several visits between April and November, with more or less monthly visits during peak use (June, July and August). The adopter will check on condition of the facility, remove any accumulated trash, service the moldering privy and promptly report their trip to their Coordinator.

Wildlife Transect, Cady Brook Area

It will be a bit over a year since we last looked in this area, but a check is in order because of prior history. This area has been inactively used by wildlife for a number of years, after years of activity by beaver, moose, otter, etc. So, we'd like to keep an eye on this area more frequently than we typically do.

New Members Volunteer Stewardship Day

Are you a new member of the AMC Western MA Chapter? This hands-on stewardship day on the New England National Scenic Trail is a great way to get started. Designed with our first-year members in mind, this event offers a welcoming introduction to the community while giving you a chance to get outside, meet fellow members, and make a direct impact on the trails you'll come back to again and again.

Prep A.T. Tool Shed for Winter - No Costume Required

We'll be cleaning and organizing tools, emptying trash and generally tidying up for the winter season. If weather permits, a new coat of stain will be applied to the south side of the shed.

A.T. Corridor Boundary Work - Home Rd to Boardman St #1

The A.T. is protected by a Federally purchased land corridor. To preserve the A.T. hiking experience these Corridor lands must be monitored on a regular basis and their boundaries maintained. We will go places hikers have never been.

Wildlife Transect - Mass Pike / AT Bridges Area

We've been studying how wildlife are using our trail lands in the Mass Pike / AT Bridges area for a couple of years now with periodic wildlife transects and trailcam monitoring. But it's time to redo our wildlife transect in the area to get an updated picture of how wildlife are using the area. So if this is an aspect of conservation you're interested in, please join in the effort.

Wildlife Transect - Jug End Ridge, West Side

At this point we're well into fall and the wild residents of our trail lands are preparing for winter. With that in mind we'll be looking for fresh signs of that activity as well as older durable sign from earlier in the year. We've not done a transect in this area so could be some interesting stuff.

Animated Video Premiere - People of the New England Trail

Join New England Trail (NET) Artist-in-Residence Alex Salsberg, for the premiere of his new film, People of the NET, an animated project documenting conversations with the people who frequent, maintain, and love the Trail. Featuring interviews with thru-hiker Greg Gregory, trail adopter Wayne Desroches, archaeologist Jay Levy, hiking enthusiasts Rosie and Jeremiah Shea, and NET Superintendent Kelly Fellner, this film shares how their love of getting out into nature is deeply connected with love for their family, their community, their people, and themselves.

Wildlife Transect - Beartown SF, Wilcox North Area

Getting to be winter time and most if not all the leaves are down making a fresh pallet on the forest floor on which to view and interpret tracks and sign. This can be a bit challenging but also rewarding as older tracks and sign are covered up so what we see is relatively fresh. This time we'll check on the activities of our wild residents in the Wilcox North shelter area.

Wildlife Transect - AT June Mtn Area

Last of the year chance to get out and see what the residents of our trail lands are up to on the first day of winter. Our transect area will be in one of the more remote areas of our trail lands with a wide variety of terrain and habitat so we're apt to see a wide variety of sign of different wildlife.