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If the distance and the number of peaks don't seem daunting to you, then it sounds like a great hike. All in all, the actual terrain on most of these trails isn't too overly rugged. Have fun!

I thought it was Camp NF 8 (Warren), Company 134. But you know, I'm not really sure. Despite a couple of tours with CCC and then 12 years in the Army and then Air Force, he seemed to always deliberately use local civilian names and eschew military nomenclature. So for him it was the SE base of...

Waumbek, did you find this extract in "Builder of Men" by David Draves? It has part of the same article, and as you mentioned, it says the signs were placed at "entrances" to dangerous trails. Following it is a short account from one of the CCC enlistees who actually hung some of the signs...

Not sure I'm the best person for it. However, I think this is a good opportunity to state my admiration for Lakes Region Conservation Trust. They were certainly one of the aggrieved parties. They had their trail management plan all screwed up when someone cleared some trails that LRCT determined...

Opinion. You will note that in the upper right-hand box it says: "Any opinions expressed are those of the writer and are not necessarily held by WODC. We welcome submissions for inclusion in The Outlook." You will also note that I have stated in this thread that these are my opinions and not...

DEAD WRONG, Roy. As I already stated in this thread, the landowners were up in arms long before my editorial was written. The decision to post land was made well before I wrote the article, much less published it. Furthermore, WODC had absolutely no involvement in any of this fiasco other than...

The facts: No riling up was done from my end. If anything, the cause and effect was just the opposite. I've been listening to concerns and complaints about Mr. Garrison's map since late January. I've heard them at land conservation working group meetings (when we really should have been...

Tobit: No problem. I don't always agree with 100% of everything either. But I have done my best to identify what is fact and what is my opinion. As for brevity, that is one of my many faults. rocket21: I just took a run up Mountain Road to see the new signs. As luck would have it, I got to talk...

The ranter speaks. I am the author of the opinion piece in question. The responses in this thread show that I have done my job well because this is something that needs to be aired and discussed. Many issues have been raised in this thread. I will try to stick to those related to my op/ed...

Hi VFTT. Long time no post, but a few people drew my attention to this thread. One comment on grids: I think it was Roy S. who said "...compass users (if there are any left)...". I think pretty much all people who still depend on a compass for navigation are proficient in setting their compass...

I bet it's a bobcat. Near the northern edge of their range (which includes NH), bobcat are usually in the 30 - 40 lb range. Jim's 50 pounder would be a true monster. Lynx are usually under 30 lb. but their long legs and thick coat make them look bigger. I don't know why Washburn is concerned...

The remedy is simple: Take all milages off the signs. Same goes for destinations. Just give me a sign that I'm on the right trail. Plan your route, bring a map (and compass).

I vote for bear. It's very similar to other bear scats I've seen. Bear poop, like most omnivore scat, will have identifyable components. Ruminants grind their food up so much that it is near impossible to identify the food.

If the poop suebiscuit saw was greenish brown, then it was probably moose. This time of year moose are on a new diet and their scat changes considerably. If you suddenly changed from a diet of twigs and needles to succulent spring greens your digestive tract would do some adjusting too! The...

Sounds to me like CC's answer makes sense for the birds, especially seein's how the pine had ants in it. As for the moose and deer, here's a suggestion. Most plants have evolved a chemical defense mechanism against herbivores. In response, the herbivores have evolved a tolerance to the...

I had last week off and decided to spend it tracking moose with my camera. I spent 4 days in prime moose habitat with fresh sign all around and heard a few crashes in the woods made by moose running a way from me, but no photo opportunity. The fifth day, I decided to forego moose chasing and...

Rip The beavers at NH Audubon's Alice Bemis Thompson Sanctuary apparently view the interpretive signs as menus.

another wetland plant . . .

WODC had its annual spring cleaning day today. Fred, Evelyn and I took care of Blueberry Ledge Trail and BBL Cutoff. Lot's o' blowdowns so we didn't get bored. Lot's of hikers, too. Jack, Pierce and Ken, who were working on McCrillis Path, met a hiker coming down from Rollins Trail who found a...