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Tim: thanks for posting. I don't remember seeing picnic tables at the fee trailheads. :mad:

after falling down twice this wkend on slippery wooden boardwalks :eek: , my thoughts drifted back to boardwalk traction. I was wondering what you all have seen for traction aids built into the boardwalks. Here's my list of what and where, please add to it! I saw one on a recent hike (around...

yeah, I was composing a green square msg, hit return by mistake in the middle of it w/ no way of fixing.

I'm in the wish-they-had-saved-the-bridge contingent, but at the same time I wish the military would pick other places to do flyover training exercises. I hiked all the way to West Bond a few years back and was enjoying the summit view and the quiet and the sense of solitude, and ZOOM! along...

you've been watching too much late-night TV. it's a Leatherman.

they could have at least relocated it from the Pemi to the Dry River. :(

I did a "sno-deo" once (snowshoe orienteering). Got lost in some mountain laurel & ran out of time, otherwise it was kinda fun. I dunno if this is the way it always works, but they gave us a paper card, and each of the stations we had to visit had a special orange punch with needles making a...

Well, the weather report said it was supposed to clear during the day, so I figured I would hike up to Mt. Monroe for one last Presidential Range hike this year. I made it to Lakes of the Clouds Hut, just to have some kind of goal for the day, took shelter for a moment on the lee side, stuffed...

slightly out of the way unless you're hiking Waumbek / Cabot, but I like to stop at Grandma's Kitchen on Rt 3 in Whitefield.

ayup, wicked good spot.

neat -- will put it on my list of places to visit. Which is the dammed lake that's more or less at the divide between the Penobscot watershed and the Allagash watershed? I thought that was Flagstaff, can't remember what's special about Flagstaff Lake from a historical viewpoint.

Neil-- you got me thinking: is there a Canadian equivalent to USA Wilderness policies? if so, what is it like?

I called up Senator Shaheen's office and a staff member got back to me and said basically what Waumbek quoted, namely that for whatever obscure legal reasons are implied by the Earth Island precedent, the USFS has final say. With all due respect to those who feel that application of Wilderness...

I'd call it a ship set to sail, rather than a dead horse... I still plan to contact my Congressional representatives, regardless of whether this has an impact on the immediate bridge-removal project. Again, this instance is merely a symptom of a larger problem that is worth discussing. For the...

No, this is Wilderness, not wilderness.

:eek: That is WAY too fast. No time between decision announcement and implementation. :mad:

this issue (the bridge removal) is merely a symptom of a larger problem: namely, the inflexibility and absoluteness of Congressionally-designated Wilderness, when applied to areas with existing uses. By all means declare large, undeveloped areas as Wilderness. I guess it works in Western states...

it's after Aug 1... any news on this subject? does the Forest Service have a date by which they will make a decision / post the results of public comment?

thanks! how odd, I tried several search terms. mods: please lock thread....

Forgot to mention this when I saw it at one of the WMNF trailheads a month or two ago. The posted note had a feedback-seeking deadline of later than May 1 but I can't remember when. (Was there already a thread on the subject? I tried searching for it + had no luck.) edit: this link is more...