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Click on the Register links to learn more and/or sign up for activities. ✧ Some activities may be full, waitlisted, or closed as the date of occurrence approaches. Others may not be open for registration just yet. Click or tap on the Register links to determine status. ✧ Check volunteer opportunities on outdoors.org for up-to-the-minute additions not yet posted here.
Chapter Conservation Chair
Are you passionate about conservation issues and the outdoors? Come help support the AMC and Western MA Chapter's conservation mission and goals as chair of the Conservation Committee. The Conservation Chair is a member of the Western MA Executive Committee responsible for organizing and directing the Conservation Committee, coordinating conservation events, managing related budgets and supplies, and serving as the liaison to the Chapter Executive Committee.Chapter Chair, Family Programs
The AMC Western MA Chapter is looking for a Volunteer Family Programs Chair to join our Executive Committee! We're an active, welcoming chapter, and this role is a great opportunity to support family-friendly outdoor adventures across western MA.Wildlife Transect, Clarksburg SF, Bear Swamp Area
An end of summer check on what the wild residents of our trail lands are up to. This time we'll be in for a looong day as we'll be checking the Clarksburg SF, Bear Swamp area up near the VT border. So come prepared for a longer day than usual for our transects.Crystal Mountain Campsite Privy Work
We will be converting the privy at the Crystal Mountain campsite from a pit privy to a moldering type. This involves constructing a ~2ft tall "crib" of stacked lumber on the ground to hold the waste, rather than it being deposited into a pit. Contained above the ground, the waste can decompose (moulder) relatively quickly; in a pit, it would linger for years, even decades. Using a moldering privy keeps the environment cleaner, smells less and doesnât require a new pit to be dug every three to four years. Nearly all privies on the A.T. are of this type.Wildlife Transect, County Rd to Finerty Pond Area
On this occasion, we'll be checking what the wild residents of our Appalachian Trail lands are up to in the County Rd to Finerty Pond area of October Mtn SF. This area has an interesting mix of forests of various types, open and wooded wetlands and of course Finerty Pond. Thus we are apt to find a wide variety of wildlife sign.Complete Crystal Mountain Privy Work
We will be completing the work begun on September 23. Most, if not all, of the materials have been moved to the site. We'll complete the construction and mount the privy onto the crib. Work involves simple construction with basic hand tools. A brief period of heavy lifting by everyone is required to move the privy onto the new crib - this requires a minimum of 4 people.Trail Stewardship Day on the NET
Join us for a hands-on stewardship day of trail work on the New England National Scenic Trail! With this project, we will be constructing a rock staircase to improve trail sustainability. This event offers a welcoming introduction to the community while giving you a chance to get outside and make a direct impact on the trails youâll come back to again and again.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.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.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.Western MA Activity Committees: