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I suppose some people will argue that humans should have let nature take its course with the moose, but not I, who found this story...

https://www.mynbc5.com/article/new-york-moose-rescue-indian-lake/63458929 When I saw this news story, and googled moose population in...

I read that Old Eric was implying that without the Cog and AR concentrating human waste at the summit, the waste would be all over the...

Not the way that I read Old Eric’s post, in which he seems to place the AMC huts, Cog, and AR on a par for concentrating and disposing...

Yes, a sign was posted several years at the beginning of the side path upslope from the bunkhouses because hikers were using the limited...

Here are links to the Crawford Notch surficial geology map and legend, which were completed before lidar became available (third link...

As far as Greenleaf Hut (aka da Flea) being a catalyst for the upwards of 1000 hikers on the Franconia Ridge loop on a single day (data...

WMNF also has a program that involves inner city kids with trail maintenance led by USFS employees that has warmed my heart. If you ever...

I have been a member of The AMC on and off over the years. I have certainly as most of you already know been very critical of their...

Ha, ha, good point. Cata = Carter Notch da Flea = Greenleaf Madhouse = Madison Zool = Zealand Ghoul = Galehead Lone = Lonesome Pah =...

AMC hut croos are not as involved in SAR now as they were when I worked in the huts in the late 1960s when there were not any volunteer...

If you mean which huts had copies of the 1961 NG issue with the W.O Douglass article, in the late 1960s all eight of them. If you mean...

Some of the huts still have copies of the 1961 NG issue on their book shelves if not stolen. William O. Douglass’s visit was still a big...

Speaking of the huts, here is an article published by National Geographic in August 1961 about the 7 huts of the White Mountains (Mizpah...

They didn't say anything about it, but I wonder if the cost/difficulty in obtaining liability insurance was a factor. I expect they...