This January newly elected members of Congress are taking their oaths and getting to work. These legislators are your connection to shaping policies that reflect our shared values and protect the outdoors that we love….
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The Right Time to Bail: Outdoor Safety Tips Every Hiker Should Know
On a freezing night in early May, a search and rescue crew set off into a squall on a high-stakes mission: a 63-year-old man had vanished somewhere near Franconia Ridge. He’d been missing for three...
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At AMC we spent the year protecting land, securing funding for conservation, and of course, getting outside with our community. We’ve climbed mountains and gone on paddles, advocated with our local representatives, and managed forests…
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November 12, 2024 After last Tuesday’s election, a change of U.S. leadership is underway that will influence environmental policy for years to come. Just as we have done with every administration, the Appalachian Mountain Club…
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Have you heard the term 30×30? As time ticks on toward the benchmark year of 2030, here’s what you need to know about the international movement to mitigate climate change and biodiversity decline, and AMC’s…
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At AMC, we believe everyone plays a part in our conservation work, including kids! AMC Junior Naturalists are curious children, ages five through twelve, who take a pledge to respect all living things, learn about…
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Talking with the AMC Research team in the summer is no small feat. Summer is field season, meaning the team is outside all day, every day, collecting water samples, downloading data from remote mountain sensors,…
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We need to talk about a major source of anxiety for many in our community: climate change. Climate change impacts our health, from the spread of diseases to our physical health to our food sources—not…
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In science, simple narratives are hard to come by. Dijit Taylor, AMC’s first female director of research, has a good one. When her team relocated parts of the Crawford Path to preserve Robbins’ cinquefoil (Potentilla…
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Ah, mud season: it must be spring on the East Coast. All the snow has melted away, the ground is wet and soggy, but the fresh plant growth has yet to emerge. It’s a difficult…
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