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Mt. Mansfield Field Trip

July 13th, 2018

9am – 3pm

Join Waterman Fund board members and field staff of the Green Mountain Club atop Mt. Mansfield. We will ascend via the toll road and then hike the remaining 1.3 miles to the summit. Along Mansfield’s sweeping alpine ridge-line we will be reviewing recent Waterman Fund grant work and highlighting stewardship work of the GMC Summit Caretaker Program that is about to enter it’s 50th year! Moderate hiking involved. There is no fee for the field trip. Lunch will be provided.

We will meet at 9am at the Toll House off Rt. 108, Stowe, VT.

Space is limited.  To reserve, leave a message by July 6th for Will Kemeza at wkemeza@gmail.com or 978-201-0791.

This is a weather-dependent event.

The Waterman Fund Opposes Proposed Cog Railway Hotel

The Waterman Fund was alarmed to hear of the Cog Railway’s proposal to build a 35-room hotel in the alpine zone of Mount Washington. This development would threaten the spirit of wildness found in New Hampshire’s alpine areas and raises significant concerns pertaining to the impact on surrounding ecological communities. While no formal application to build the hotel has been submitted to the Coos County Planning Board, we are monitoring this situation, in discussion with other like-minded organizations regarding our concerns, and will keep our supporters updated as to how they can become involved in the process if and when an application moves forward.

 

Know Your Mountains

Can you identify the mountains in this photograph? Leave your guess in the comments below.

Answer: Left to Right; Mt. Oscola, North Tripyramid, Middle Tripyramid, South Tripyramid, Sleepers, Flat Mountain, and Mt. Tecumech.

Photo Credit: Kevin Eaton

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2016 Special Recognition Essays

In celebration of the National Park Centennial, the 2016 Waterman Fund Essay Contest invited emerging writers to explore stories and connections between wilderness and management of public lands through the lens of the National Park System. After much deliberation and review, the Essay Committee felt that, while the essay contest received many fine essays exploring either wilderness or public lands, none of the submitted essays truly bridged the two with the depth that we felt the topic merited.

However, three essays stood out and we would like to publicly offer those writers special recognition here. We truly appreciate the energy, effort, and courage emerging writers put forth in submitting their thoughts on wilderness and wildness to the Waterman Fund Essay Contest, and we encourage all to continue writing and submitting in future years.

2016 Special Recognition Writers and Essays

  • Lilace Mellin Guigard: Making Ourselves at Home in the Wilderness
  • Dan Kriesberg: The Wonder of Yellowstone
  • Corrie Parrish: Gateway Into the Wild
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