SKOWHEGAN, Maine (May 24, 2022) – The Maine Appalachian Trail Club (MATC) announced it has received a $200,000 gift from L.L.Bean for Trail Champions, the Campaign for the Maine Trail Center, a forthcoming multi-use trail maintenance and training facility in Skowhegan centrally located to Maine’s Appalachian Trail (AT) footpath.
by Pete WarnerDecember 18, 2021 – Bangor Daily News For the first time in seven years, the volunteers who maintain the Appalachian Trail in Maine will soon have a modern, comfortable and permanent place to spend their days off. Each year, crews from the Maine Appalachian Trail Club head into the woods to perform maintenance and repairs …
Trail Champions Chair/MATC President Lester Kenway returned to the trail this week to speak with WVII Fox 22’s Kayla Heavey about Trail Champions, the Campaign for the Maine Trail Center. Said Lester, “It took 16 years to create the Appalachian Trail using existing trails and new trails from Georgia to Maine. They say it takes …
Trail Champions Honorary Committee Former long-term Appalachian Trail Conservancy Executive Director David Startzell, retired in 2012 after more than 25 years as executive director of Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC). He served the longest tenure of any executive director of ATC, as well as the longest of any officer of the organization, having joined ATC in …
Bigelow District ManagerNew Gloucester, MEMike is a foundry man and business owner of the Auburn Stove Foundry Company, Inc., in New Gloucester. Mike served as the Maintainer for Frye Notch, in the Baldpate District, for ten years, one of the most difficult sections to access and maintain. Prior to becoming at maintainer for MATC he …
Manager of Campsites Laura grew up in Winthrop, Maine and was privileged to be introduced to the outdoors at a young age. Her first big adventure on the A.T. was in 1986, at the age of 11, when she hiked White Cap Mountain via the old Fire Warden’s trail while staying at West Branch Pond …
Director Ryan hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2007. He later worked for several Appalachian Mountain Club camps and as Group Outreach Coordinator for the Green Mountain Club. Eventually, he created the Guthook Guides app for various trails, including the AT, and continues to work on that from his home in Portland. He’s been the volunteer …
Yesterday, Trail Champions Chair/MATC President Lester Kenway and MATC Director Mike Stillman spoke with WABI Channel 5 Bangor’s Owen Kingsley about Trail Champions, the Campaign for the Maine Trail Center. Said Mike, “I think sometimes we can take for granted that these things just exist, that they’re just there for everybody, and they’ll just continue …
WABI Channel 5 Feature on Trail Champions Featuring Mike Stillman and Lester Kenway Read More »
Today, Trail Champions debuted in the Maine Sunday Telegram! Read more online at https://www.pressherald.com/2021/04/18/some-of-maines-trails-are-in-disrepair-but-help-may-be-on-the-way/ or download a PDF for your convenience here
SKOWHEGAN, Maine (April 18, 2021) – The Maine Appalachian Trail Club (MATC) announces the public phase of fundraising for Trail Champions, the Campaign for the Maine Trail Center, a multi-use trail maintenance and training facility centrally located to Maine’s AT footpath in Skowhegan. To-date, Trail Champions has raised more than $743,000 toward the $1.3 million fundraising goal and has secured endorsements from 17 conservation-focused organizations, land trusts and institutions. The campaign must raise the remaining $633,000 by year-end 2021 in order to break ground in spring 2022.