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1876
1876
The Appalachian Mountain Club is founded in Boston in January
1876
1876
First AMC hiking trail, Lowe’s Path, is cut up Mount Adams, New Hampshire
1882
1882
AMC lobbies the Massachusetts Legislature for the rights of municipalities to set aside lands for public use. One result is the Public Domain Act of 1882, which grants towns and cities the right to set aside lands for preservation and conservation
1887
1887
The first August Camp is held at Katahdin, Maine
1893
1893
The Massachusetts Legislature enlarges AMC’s charter to enable it to hold mountain and forest lands and historic sites
1893
1893
The Metropolitan Park Commission is formed in Boston with the help of landscape architect Charles Eliot. AMC throws its support behind the Commission to protect land in the Blue Hills and Middlesex Fells
1895
1895
AMC makes its first conservation land purchase by acquiring thirty-six acres along Snyder Brook in Randolph, New Hampshire, to protect a strip of old-growth forest from imminent logging operations
1906
1906
The city of San Francisco applies for water rights to the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, hoping to flood the valley for a reservoir. The Sierra Club, AMC, and other groups fight the plan, but it is eventually approved in 1914
1907
1907
First edition of the Guide to Paths and Camps in the White Mountains (aka the AMC White Mountain Guide) is published. Price: $1.00
1911
1911
Advocacy by AMC and other groups results in passage of Weeks Act (36 Stat. 961) which was signed into law March 1, 1911, authorizing the creation of Eastern National Forests
1920
1920
Southern Chapter forms, but breaks away from AMC in 1923 to form the Carolina Mountain Club
1921
1921
Connecticut Chapter, Narragansett Chapter and Merrimack (New Hampshire) Chapter form
1922
1922
AMC purchases its first headquarters building at 5 Joy Street in Boston
1925
1925
AMC helps form the Appalachian Trail Conference
1929
1929
Berkshire Chapter (Western Massachusetts) Chapter forms
1930
1930
Joe Dodge, AMC Huts Manager, becomes the Weather Bureau’s official observer at Pinkham Notch, where weather data has been collected ever since. Two years later, Dodge helps found the Mount Washington Observatory
1957
1957
New Hampshire Four-Thousand-Footer Club forms
1968
1968
Youth Opportunities Program launched to get urban and at-risk youth outdoors
1970
1970
A seasonal caretaker is placed at Liberty Springs Tentsite to manage use, creating our Campsite and Caretaker program. Caretakers inform hikers on how to minimize their impact on campsites in the White Mountains
1971
1971
A Mountain Classroom (AMCR) begins as a weekend workshop to train teachers in mountain leadership, ecology, geology and environmental education. It eventually becomes a program for school groups incorporating active exploration outdoors
1974
1974
AMC partners with Friends of Bigelow and develops management plan for future Bigelow Preserve in Maine
1975
1975
AMC wins permanent injunction against I-93 construction north of Franconia Notch based on deficiencies in project’s Environmental Impact Statement
1980
1980
AMC starts the Adopt-A-Trail Program in White Mountains
1981
1981
AMC begins investigations into the acidity of cloud and rainwater on the upper slopes of the White Mountains at sites on Mount Lafayette and Mount Washington. The study continues today at AMC Lakes of the Clouds Hut
1990
1990
AMC plays a leadership role in founding the Northern Forest Alliance
1993
1993
AMC opens Mohican Outdoor Center in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in partnership with the US Park Service
1994
1994
AMC negotiates Deerfield River Agreement, which becomes a national model for achieving conservation goals through the dam re-licensing process
1995
1995
AMC launches Businesses for the Northern Forest with the Northern Forest Alliance
1995
1995
An air quality monitoring station is set up at AMC’s Camp Dodge Trails Training Center in Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire, which still runs today in cooperation with the NH Department of Environmental Science
1996
1996
AMC partners with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and the New England Wildflower Society on restoration of endangered Robbins Cinquefoil in the White Mountain National Forest
1998
1998
AMC joins the Highlands Coalition, an advocacy group focused on land protection in the Highlands region of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, and begins work on mapping critical treasures in the region
1999
1999
AMC, The Nature Conservancy, and the Conservation Law Foundation issue the Mountain Treasures report, calling for protection of roadless areas in the WMNF
1999
1999
AMC is granted a 30-year special use permit for operating its White Mountain hut system and Pinkham Notch Visitor Center
1999
1999
AMC’s Conservation Action Network (CAN) launches
2000
2000
AMC creates the Alpine Steward Program with U.S. Forest Service
2001
2001
AMC begins construction with the Maine Appalachian Trail Club on the new 42-mile Grafton Loop Trail
2002
2002
Robbins Cinquefoil removed from Endangered Species list after 22 years, thanks to restoration efforts by AMC and partners
2003
2003
AMC opens the Highland Center at Crawford Notch, an outdoor program and education center based on an award-winning green architectural design
2003
2003
AMC launches the Maine Woods Initiative with the purchase of 37,000 acres in the 100-Mile Wilderness region from International Paper and the purchase of Little Lyford Lodge and Cabins
2004
2004
AMC develops computer-based wind power siting model and begins work with states to encourage the adoption of uniform wind power siting guidelines
2004
2004
AMC’s Mountain Watch program is launched to monitor plants in the mountains of the Northeast
2005
2005
AMC launches Mountain Watch community science program, enabling members and guests to measure indicators of air quality and climate change
2006
2006
AMC purchases Medawisla Wilderness Lodge and Cabins, offering lodge-to-lodge skiing, as part of Maine Woods Initiative
2007
2007
AMC opens Greenville, Maine office as part of Maine Woods Initiative
2008
2008
AMC dedicates Gorman Chairback Lodge & Cabins (which opens in 2011), in recognition of the leadership of Leon and Lisa Gorman in conservation, education, and outdoor recreation
2009
2009
AMC completes conservation purchase of 29,500-acre Roach Ponds Tract in Maine, completing 63-mile corridor of protected land in the 100-Mile Wilderness
2009
2009
The New England National Scenic Trail (NET) is federally designated. AMC and the Connecticut Forest & Park Association enter a formal partnership with the National Park Service to be the NET’s principal trail stewards
2011
2011
Madison Spring Hut reopens after a major remodeling begun in September 2010. The entire structure is rebuilt except for the stone walls and foundation which date back to 1922
2014
2014
AMC’s 10,000-acre Katahdin Iron Works Ecological Reserve carbon offset project receives final registry approval from the Climate Action Reserve to sell more than 100,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide credits, with a 100-year commitment that the carbon remains sequestered in the forest
2015
2015
AMC expands its Maine Woods Initiative by purchasing the 4,300-acre Baker Mountain tract
2016
2016
The Stephen & Betsy Corman AMC Harriman Outdoor Center opens in New York, offering hiking, paddling, and camping adventures in the heart of Harriman State Park
2017
2017
The newly constructed Medawisla Lodge & Cabins opens to the public, expanding recreational access on in Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness
2018
2018
The Northern Pass transmission line is unanimously rejected by New Hampshire’s Site Evaluation Committee after eight years of opposition work by AMC with thousands of citizens, towns, and conservation organizations
2019
2019
AMC launches the Alpine Flower Watch community science initiative with partners to track the flowering and fruiting times of alpine plants via the iNaturalist app to study the effects of climate change
2021
2021
DarkSky International designated the AMC Maine Woods as the first International Dark Sky Park in New England
2022
2022
AMC finalizes the acquisition of the nearly 27,000-acre Pleasant River Headwaters Forest in Maine, securing critical habitat for species like Atlantic salmon and native brook trout
2022
2022
AMC holds its first See the Dark festival at Medawisla Lodge in Maine with weeklong events dedicated to observing and learning about the night sky
2022
2022
With seed funding from L.L. Bean, AMC launches the Outdoor Journey Fund, designed to provide outdoor experiences for groups that face significant barriers to outdoor participation
2023
2023
AMC opens the Cardigan Mountain All Persons Trail in Alexandria, NH, a half-mile nature trail designed to meet U.S. Forest Service Trail Accessibility Guidelines and be suitable for people using mobility devices
2025
2025
After partnering with the Conservation Fund and the Malone Family Land Preservation Foundation in 2023, AMC finalizes the purchase of the 29,000-acre Barnard Forest, an addition to the Maine Woods Initiative, with a $10 million gift from Natick, MA-based software developer MathWorks
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1876
The Appalachian Mountain Club is founded in Boston in January
1876
First AMC hiking trail, Lowe’s Path, is cut up Mount Adams, New Hampshire
1882
AMC lobbies the Massachusetts Legislature for the rights of municipalities to set aside lands for public use. One result is the Public Domain Act of 1882, which grants towns and cities the right to set aside lands for preservation and conservation
1887
The first August Camp is held at Katahdin, Maine
1888
First AMC Hut at Madison Spring is built
1893
The Massachusetts Legislature enlarges AMC’s charter to enable it to hold mountain and forest lands and historic sites
1893
The Metropolitan Park Commission is formed in Boston with the help of landscape architect Charles Eliot. AMC throws its support behind the Commission to protect land in the Blue Hills and Middlesex Fells
1895
AMC makes its first conservation land purchase by acquiring thirty-six acres along Snyder Brook in Randolph, New Hampshire, to protect a strip of old-growth forest from imminent logging operations
1906
The city of San Francisco applies for water rights to the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, hoping to flood the valley for a reservoir. The Sierra Club, AMC, and other groups fight the plan, but it is eventually approved in 1914
1907
First edition of the Guide to Paths and Camps in the White Mountains (aka the AMC White Mountain Guide) is published. Price: $1.00
1911
Advocacy by AMC and other groups results in passage of Weeks Act (36 Stat. 961) which was signed into law March 1, 1911, authorizing the creation of Eastern National Forests
1912
New York Chapter forms as first AMC Chapter
1918
Worcester Chapter forms
1920
Southern Chapter forms, but breaks away from AMC in 1923 to form the Carolina Mountain Club
1921
Connecticut Chapter, Narragansett Chapter and Merrimack (New Hampshire) Chapter form
1922
AMC purchases its first headquarters building at 5 Joy Street in Boston
1925
AMC helps form the Appalachian Trail Conference
1929
Berkshire Chapter (Western Massachusetts) Chapter forms
1930
Joe Dodge, AMC Huts Manager, becomes the Weather Bureau’s official observer at Pinkham Notch, where weather data has been collected ever since. Two years later, Dodge helps found the Mount Washington Observatory
1956
Maine Chapter forms
1957
New Hampshire Four-Thousand-Footer Club forms
1958
First Mountain Leadership School held
1962
Delaware Valley Chapter forms
1968
Youth Opportunities Program launched to get urban and at-risk youth outdoors
1970
A seasonal caretaker is placed at Liberty Springs Tentsite to manage use, creating our Campsite and Caretaker program. Caretakers inform hikers on how to minimize their impact on campsites in the White Mountains
1971
A Mountain Classroom (AMCR) begins as a weekend workshop to train teachers in mountain leadership, ecology, geology and environmental education. It eventually becomes a program for school groups incorporating active exploration outdoors
1974
AMC partners with Friends of Bigelow and develops management plan for future Bigelow Preserve in Maine
1975
AMC wins permanent injunction against I-93 construction north of Franconia Notch based on deficiencies in project’s Environmental Impact Statement
1975
Boston Chapter forms
1976
Southeastern Massachusetts Chapter forms
1980
AMC starts the Adopt-A-Trail Program in White Mountains
1981
AMC begins investigations into the acidity of cloud and rainwater on the upper slopes of the White Mountains at sites on Mount Lafayette and Mount Washington. The study continues today at AMC Lakes of the Clouds Hut
1984
Washington D.C. (Potomac) Chapter forms
1990
AMC plays a leadership role in founding the Northern Forest Alliance
1993
AMC opens Mohican Outdoor Center in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in partnership with the US Park Service
1994
AMC negotiates Deerfield River Agreement, which becomes a national model for achieving conservation goals through the dam re-licensing process
1995
AMC launches Businesses for the Northern Forest with the Northern Forest Alliance
1995
An air quality monitoring station is set up at AMC’s Camp Dodge Trails Training Center in Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire, which still runs today in cooperation with the NH Department of Environmental Science
1996
AMC partners with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and the New England Wildflower Society on restoration of endangered Robbins Cinquefoil in the White Mountain National Forest
1998
AMC joins the Highlands Coalition, an advocacy group focused on land protection in the Highlands region of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, and begins work on mapping critical treasures in the region
1999
AMC, The Nature Conservancy, and the Conservation Law Foundation issue the Mountain Treasures report, calling for protection of roadless areas in the WMNF
1999
AMC is granted a 30-year special use permit for operating its White Mountain hut system and Pinkham Notch Visitor Center
1999
AMC’s Conservation Action Network (CAN) launches
2000
AMC creates the Alpine Steward Program with U.S. Forest Service
2001
AMC begins construction with the Maine Appalachian Trail Club on the new 42-mile Grafton Loop Trail
2002
Robbins Cinquefoil removed from Endangered Species list after 22 years, thanks to restoration efforts by AMC and partners
2002
AMC launches Leadership Training Institute
2003
AMC opens the Highland Center at Crawford Notch, an outdoor program and education center based on an award-winning green architectural design
2003
AMC launches the Maine Woods Initiative with the purchase of 37,000 acres in the 100-Mile Wilderness region from International Paper and the purchase of Little Lyford Lodge and Cabins
2004
The Highlands Conservation Act is signed
2004
AMC develops computer-based wind power siting model and begins work with states to encourage the adoption of uniform wind power siting guidelines
2004
AMC’s Mountain Watch program is launched to monitor plants in the mountains of the Northeast
2005
AMC launches Mountain Watch community science program, enabling members and guests to measure indicators of air quality and climate change
2006
AMC purchases Medawisla Wilderness Lodge and Cabins, offering lodge-to-lodge skiing, as part of Maine Woods Initiative
2007
AMC opens Greenville, Maine office as part of Maine Woods Initiative
2008
AMC dedicates Gorman Chairback Lodge & Cabins (which opens in 2011), in recognition of the leadership of Leon and Lisa Gorman in conservation, education, and outdoor recreation
2009
AMC completes conservation purchase of 29,500-acre Roach Ponds Tract in Maine, completing 63-mile corridor of protected land in the 100-Mile Wilderness
2009
The New England National Scenic Trail (NET) is federally designated. AMC and the Connecticut Forest & Park Association enter a formal partnership with the National Park Service to be the NET’s principal trail stewards
2011
Madison Spring Hut reopens after a major remodeling begun in September 2010. The entire structure is rebuilt except for the stone walls and foundation which date back to 1922
2014
AMC’s 10,000-acre Katahdin Iron Works Ecological Reserve carbon offset project receives final registry approval from the Climate Action Reserve to sell more than 100,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide credits, with a 100-year commitment that the carbon remains sequestered in the forest
2015
AMC expands its Maine Woods Initiative by purchasing the 4,300-acre Baker Mountain tract
2016
The Stephen & Betsy Corman AMC Harriman Outdoor Center opens in New York, offering hiking, paddling, and camping adventures in the heart of Harriman State Park
2017
The newly constructed Medawisla Lodge & Cabins opens to the public, expanding recreational access on in Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness
2018
The Northern Pass transmission line is unanimously rejected by New Hampshire’s Site Evaluation Committee after eight years of opposition work by AMC with thousands of citizens, towns, and conservation organizations
2019
AMC launches the Alpine Flower Watch community science initiative with partners to track the flowering and fruiting times of alpine plants via the iNaturalist app to study the effects of climate change
2021
DarkSky International designated the AMC Maine Woods as the first International Dark Sky Park in New England
2022
AMC finalizes the acquisition of the nearly 27,000-acre Pleasant River Headwaters Forest in Maine, securing critical habitat for species like Atlantic salmon and native brook trout
2022
AMC holds its first See the Dark festival at Medawisla Lodge in Maine with weeklong events dedicated to observing and learning about the night sky
2022
With seed funding from L.L. Bean, AMC launches the Outdoor Journey Fund, designed to provide outdoor experiences for groups that face significant barriers to outdoor participation
2023
AMC opens the Cardigan Mountain All Persons Trail in Alexandria, NH, a half-mile nature trail designed to meet U.S. Forest Service Trail Accessibility Guidelines and be suitable for people using mobility devices
2025
After partnering with the Conservation Fund and the Malone Family Land Preservation Foundation in 2023, AMC finalizes the purchase of the 29,000-acre Barnard Forest, an addition to the Maine Woods Initiative, with a $10 million gift from Natick, MA-based software developer MathWorks
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1876
The Appalachian Mountain Club is founded in Boston in January
1876
First AMC hiking trail, Lowe’s Path, is cut up Mount Adams, New Hampshire
1882
AMC lobbies the Massachusetts Legislature for the rights of municipalities to set aside lands for public use. One result is the Public Domain Act of 1882, which grants towns and cities the right to set aside lands for preservation and conservation
1887
The first August Camp is held at Katahdin, Maine
1888
First AMC Hut at Madison Spring is built
1893
The Massachusetts Legislature enlarges AMC’s charter to enable it to hold mountain and forest lands and historic sites
1893
The Metropolitan Park Commission is formed in Boston with the help of landscape architect Charles Eliot. AMC throws its support behind the Commission to protect land in the Blue Hills and Middlesex Fells
1895
AMC makes its first conservation land purchase by acquiring thirty-six acres along Snyder Brook in Randolph, New Hampshire, to protect a strip of old-growth forest from imminent logging operations
1906
The city of San Francisco applies for water rights to the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, hoping to flood the valley for a reservoir. The Sierra Club, AMC, and other groups fight the plan, but it is eventually approved in 1914
1907
First edition of the Guide to Paths and Camps in the White Mountains (aka the AMC White Mountain Guide) is published. Price: $1.00
1911
Advocacy by AMC and other groups results in passage of Weeks Act (36 Stat. 961) which was signed into law March 1, 1911, authorizing the creation of Eastern National Forests
1912
New York Chapter forms as first AMC Chapter
1918
Worcester Chapter forms
1920
Southern Chapter forms, but breaks away from AMC in 1923 to form the Carolina Mountain Club
1921
Connecticut Chapter, Narragansett Chapter and Merrimack (New Hampshire) Chapter form
1922
AMC purchases its first headquarters building at 5 Joy Street in Boston
1925
AMC helps form the Appalachian Trail Conference
1929
Berkshire Chapter (Western Massachusetts) Chapter forms
1930
Joe Dodge, AMC Huts Manager, becomes the Weather Bureau’s official observer at Pinkham Notch, where weather data has been collected ever since. Two years later, Dodge helps found the Mount Washington Observatory
1956
Maine Chapter forms
1957
New Hampshire Four-Thousand-Footer Club forms
1958
First Mountain Leadership School held
1962
Delaware Valley Chapter forms
1968
Youth Opportunities Program launched to get urban and at-risk youth outdoors
1970
A seasonal caretaker is placed at Liberty Springs Tentsite to manage use, creating our Campsite and Caretaker program. Caretakers inform hikers on how to minimize their impact on campsites in the White Mountains
1971
A Mountain Classroom (AMCR) begins as a weekend workshop to train teachers in mountain leadership, ecology, geology and environmental education. It eventually becomes a program for school groups incorporating active exploration outdoors
1974
AMC partners with Friends of Bigelow and develops management plan for future Bigelow Preserve in Maine
1975
AMC wins permanent injunction against I-93 construction north of Franconia Notch based on deficiencies in project’s Environmental Impact Statement
1975
Boston Chapter forms
1976
Southeastern Massachusetts Chapter forms
1980
AMC starts the Adopt-A-Trail Program in White Mountains
1981
AMC begins investigations into the acidity of cloud and rainwater on the upper slopes of the White Mountains at sites on Mount Lafayette and Mount Washington. The study continues today at AMC Lakes of the Clouds Hut
1984
Washington D.C. (Potomac) Chapter forms
1990
AMC plays a leadership role in founding the Northern Forest Alliance
1993
AMC opens Mohican Outdoor Center in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in partnership with the US Park Service
1994
AMC negotiates Deerfield River Agreement, which becomes a national model for achieving conservation goals through the dam re-licensing process
1995
AMC launches Businesses for the Northern Forest with the Northern Forest Alliance
1995
An air quality monitoring station is set up at AMC’s Camp Dodge Trails Training Center in Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire, which still runs today in cooperation with the NH Department of Environmental Science
1996
AMC partners with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and the New England Wildflower Society on restoration of endangered Robbins Cinquefoil in the White Mountain National Forest
1998
AMC joins the Highlands Coalition, an advocacy group focused on land protection in the Highlands region of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, and begins work on mapping critical treasures in the region
1999
AMC, The Nature Conservancy, and the Conservation Law Foundation issue the Mountain Treasures report, calling for protection of roadless areas in the WMNF
1999
AMC is granted a 30-year special use permit for operating its White Mountain hut system and Pinkham Notch Visitor Center
1999
AMC’s Conservation Action Network (CAN) launches
2000
AMC creates the Alpine Steward Program with U.S. Forest Service
2001
AMC begins construction with the Maine Appalachian Trail Club on the new 42-mile Grafton Loop Trail
2002
Robbins Cinquefoil removed from Endangered Species list after 22 years, thanks to restoration efforts by AMC and partners
2002
AMC launches Leadership Training Institute
2003
AMC opens the Highland Center at Crawford Notch, an outdoor program and education center based on an award-winning green architectural design
2003
AMC launches the Maine Woods Initiative with the purchase of 37,000 acres in the 100-Mile Wilderness region from International Paper and the purchase of Little Lyford Lodge and Cabins
2004
The Highlands Conservation Act is signed
2004
AMC develops computer-based wind power siting model and begins work with states to encourage the adoption of uniform wind power siting guidelines
2004
AMC’s Mountain Watch program is launched to monitor plants in the mountains of the Northeast
2005
AMC launches Mountain Watch community science program, enabling members and guests to measure indicators of air quality and climate change
2006
AMC purchases Medawisla Wilderness Lodge and Cabins, offering lodge-to-lodge skiing, as part of Maine Woods Initiative
2007
AMC opens Greenville, Maine office as part of Maine Woods Initiative
2008
AMC dedicates Gorman Chairback Lodge & Cabins (which opens in 2011), in recognition of the leadership of Leon and Lisa Gorman in conservation, education, and outdoor recreation
2009
AMC completes conservation purchase of 29,500-acre Roach Ponds Tract in Maine, completing 63-mile corridor of protected land in the 100-Mile Wilderness
2009
The New England National Scenic Trail (NET) is federally designated. AMC and the Connecticut Forest & Park Association enter a formal partnership with the National Park Service to be the NET’s principal trail stewards
2011
Madison Spring Hut reopens after a major remodeling begun in September 2010. The entire structure is rebuilt except for the stone walls and foundation which date back to 1922
2014
AMC’s 10,000-acre Katahdin Iron Works Ecological Reserve carbon offset project receives final registry approval from the Climate Action Reserve to sell more than 100,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide credits, with a 100-year commitment that the carbon remains sequestered in the forest
2015
AMC expands its Maine Woods Initiative by purchasing the 4,300-acre Baker Mountain tract
2016
The Stephen & Betsy Corman AMC Harriman Outdoor Center opens in New York, offering hiking, paddling, and camping adventures in the heart of Harriman State Park
2017
The newly constructed Medawisla Lodge & Cabins opens to the public, expanding recreational access on in Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness
2018
The Northern Pass transmission line is unanimously rejected by New Hampshire’s Site Evaluation Committee after eight years of opposition work by AMC with thousands of citizens, towns, and conservation organizations
2019
AMC launches the Alpine Flower Watch community science initiative with partners to track the flowering and fruiting times of alpine plants via the iNaturalist app to study the effects of climate change
2021
DarkSky International designated the AMC Maine Woods as the first International Dark Sky Park in New England
2022
AMC finalizes the acquisition of the nearly 27,000-acre Pleasant River Headwaters Forest in Maine, securing critical habitat for species like Atlantic salmon and native brook trout
2022
AMC holds its first See the Dark festival at Medawisla Lodge in Maine with weeklong events dedicated to observing and learning about the night sky
2022
With seed funding from L.L. Bean, AMC launches the Outdoor Journey Fund, designed to provide outdoor experiences for groups that face significant barriers to outdoor participation
2023
AMC opens the Cardigan Mountain All Persons Trail in Alexandria, NH, a half-mile nature trail designed to meet U.S. Forest Service Trail Accessibility Guidelines and be suitable for people using mobility devices
2025
After partnering with the Conservation Fund and the Malone Family Land Preservation Foundation in 2023, AMC finalizes the purchase of the 29,000-acre Barnard Forest, an addition to the Maine Woods Initiative, with a $10 million gift from Natick, MA-based software developer MathWorks
Horizontal Layout. Skin: Default
1876
1876
The Appalachian Mountain Club is founded in Boston in January
1876
1876
First AMC hiking trail, Lowe’s Path, is cut up Mount Adams, New Hampshire
1882
1882
AMC lobbies the Massachusetts Legislature for the rights of municipalities to set aside lands for public use. One result is the Public Domain Act of 1882, which grants towns and cities the right to set aside lands for preservation and conservation
1887
1887
The first August Camp is held at Katahdin, Maine
1893
1893
The Massachusetts Legislature enlarges AMC’s charter to enable it to hold mountain and forest lands and historic sites
1893
1893
The Metropolitan Park Commission is formed in Boston with the help of landscape architect Charles Eliot. AMC throws its support behind the Commission to protect land in the Blue Hills and Middlesex Fells
1895
1895
AMC makes its first conservation land purchase by acquiring thirty-six acres along Snyder Brook in Randolph, New Hampshire, to protect a strip of old-growth forest from imminent logging operations
1906
1906
The city of San Francisco applies for water rights to the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, hoping to flood the valley for a reservoir. The Sierra Club, AMC, and other groups fight the plan, but it is eventually approved in 1914
1907
1907
First edition of the Guide to Paths and Camps in the White Mountains (aka the AMC White Mountain Guide) is published. Price: $1.00
1911
1911
Advocacy by AMC and other groups results in passage of Weeks Act (36 Stat. 961) which was signed into law March 1, 1911, authorizing the creation of Eastern National Forests
1920
1920
Southern Chapter forms, but breaks away from AMC in 1923 to form the Carolina Mountain Club
1921
1921
Connecticut Chapter, Narragansett Chapter and Merrimack (New Hampshire) Chapter form
1922
1922
AMC purchases its first headquarters building at 5 Joy Street in Boston
1925
1925
AMC helps form the Appalachian Trail Conference
1929
1929
Berkshire Chapter (Western Massachusetts) Chapter forms
1930
1930
Joe Dodge, AMC Huts Manager, becomes the Weather Bureau’s official observer at Pinkham Notch, where weather data has been collected ever since. Two years later, Dodge helps found the Mount Washington Observatory
1957
1957
New Hampshire Four-Thousand-Footer Club forms
1968
1968
Youth Opportunities Program launched to get urban and at-risk youth outdoors
1970
1970
A seasonal caretaker is placed at Liberty Springs Tentsite to manage use, creating our Campsite and Caretaker program. Caretakers inform hikers on how to minimize their impact on campsites in the White Mountains
1971
1971
A Mountain Classroom (AMCR) begins as a weekend workshop to train teachers in mountain leadership, ecology, geology and environmental education. It eventually becomes a program for school groups incorporating active exploration outdoors
1974
1974
AMC partners with Friends of Bigelow and develops management plan for future Bigelow Preserve in Maine
1975
1975
AMC wins permanent injunction against I-93 construction north of Franconia Notch based on deficiencies in project’s Environmental Impact Statement
1980
1980
AMC starts the Adopt-A-Trail Program in White Mountains
1981
1981
AMC begins investigations into the acidity of cloud and rainwater on the upper slopes of the White Mountains at sites on Mount Lafayette and Mount Washington. The study continues today at AMC Lakes of the Clouds Hut
1990
1990
AMC plays a leadership role in founding the Northern Forest Alliance
1993
1993
AMC opens Mohican Outdoor Center in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in partnership with the US Park Service
1994
1994
AMC negotiates Deerfield River Agreement, which becomes a national model for achieving conservation goals through the dam re-licensing process
1995
1995
AMC launches Businesses for the Northern Forest with the Northern Forest Alliance
1995
1995
An air quality monitoring station is set up at AMC’s Camp Dodge Trails Training Center in Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire, which still runs today in cooperation with the NH Department of Environmental Science
1996
1996
AMC partners with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and the New England Wildflower Society on restoration of endangered Robbins Cinquefoil in the White Mountain National Forest
1998
1998
AMC joins the Highlands Coalition, an advocacy group focused on land protection in the Highlands region of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, and begins work on mapping critical treasures in the region
1999
1999
AMC, The Nature Conservancy, and the Conservation Law Foundation issue the Mountain Treasures report, calling for protection of roadless areas in the WMNF
1999
1999
AMC is granted a 30-year special use permit for operating its White Mountain hut system and Pinkham Notch Visitor Center
1999
1999
AMC’s Conservation Action Network (CAN) launches
2000
2000
AMC creates the Alpine Steward Program with U.S. Forest Service
2001
2001
AMC begins construction with the Maine Appalachian Trail Club on the new 42-mile Grafton Loop Trail
2002
2002
Robbins Cinquefoil removed from Endangered Species list after 22 years, thanks to restoration efforts by AMC and partners
2003
2003
AMC opens the Highland Center at Crawford Notch, an outdoor program and education center based on an award-winning green architectural design
2003
2003
AMC launches the Maine Woods Initiative with the purchase of 37,000 acres in the 100-Mile Wilderness region from International Paper and the purchase of Little Lyford Lodge and Cabins
2004
2004
AMC develops computer-based wind power siting model and begins work with states to encourage the adoption of uniform wind power siting guidelines
2004
2004
AMC’s Mountain Watch program is launched to monitor plants in the mountains of the Northeast
2005
2005
AMC launches Mountain Watch community science program, enabling members and guests to measure indicators of air quality and climate change
2006
2006
AMC purchases Medawisla Wilderness Lodge and Cabins, offering lodge-to-lodge skiing, as part of Maine Woods Initiative
2007
2007
AMC opens Greenville, Maine office as part of Maine Woods Initiative
2008
2008
AMC dedicates Gorman Chairback Lodge & Cabins (which opens in 2011), in recognition of the leadership of Leon and Lisa Gorman in conservation, education, and outdoor recreation
2009
2009
AMC completes conservation purchase of 29,500-acre Roach Ponds Tract in Maine, completing 63-mile corridor of protected land in the 100-Mile Wilderness
2009
2009
The New England National Scenic Trail (NET) is federally designated. AMC and the Connecticut Forest & Park Association enter a formal partnership with the National Park Service to be the NET’s principal trail stewards
2011
2011
Madison Spring Hut reopens after a major remodeling begun in September 2010. The entire structure is rebuilt except for the stone walls and foundation which date back to 1922
2014
2014
AMC’s 10,000-acre Katahdin Iron Works Ecological Reserve carbon offset project receives final registry approval from the Climate Action Reserve to sell more than 100,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide credits, with a 100-year commitment that the carbon remains sequestered in the forest
2015
2015
AMC expands its Maine Woods Initiative by purchasing the 4,300-acre Baker Mountain tract
2016
2016
The Stephen & Betsy Corman AMC Harriman Outdoor Center opens in New York, offering hiking, paddling, and camping adventures in the heart of Harriman State Park
2017
2017
The newly constructed Medawisla Lodge & Cabins opens to the public, expanding recreational access on in Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness
2018
2018
The Northern Pass transmission line is unanimously rejected by New Hampshire’s Site Evaluation Committee after eight years of opposition work by AMC with thousands of citizens, towns, and conservation organizations
2019
2019
AMC launches the Alpine Flower Watch community science initiative with partners to track the flowering and fruiting times of alpine plants via the iNaturalist app to study the effects of climate change
2021
2021
DarkSky International designated the AMC Maine Woods as the first International Dark Sky Park in New England
2022
2022
AMC finalizes the acquisition of the nearly 27,000-acre Pleasant River Headwaters Forest in Maine, securing critical habitat for species like Atlantic salmon and native brook trout
2022
2022
AMC holds its first See the Dark festival at Medawisla Lodge in Maine with weeklong events dedicated to observing and learning about the night sky
2022
2022
With seed funding from L.L. Bean, AMC launches the Outdoor Journey Fund, designed to provide outdoor experiences for groups that face significant barriers to outdoor participation
2023
2023
AMC opens the Cardigan Mountain All Persons Trail in Alexandria, NH, a half-mile nature trail designed to meet U.S. Forest Service Trail Accessibility Guidelines and be suitable for people using mobility devices
2025
2025
After partnering with the Conservation Fund and the Malone Family Land Preservation Foundation in 2023, AMC finalizes the purchase of the 29,000-acre Barnard Forest, an addition to the Maine Woods Initiative, with a $10 million gift from Natick, MA-based software developer MathWorks
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1876
The Appalachian Mountain Club is founded in Boston in January
1876
First AMC hiking trail, Lowe’s Path, is cut up Mount Adams, New Hampshire
1882
AMC lobbies the Massachusetts Legislature for the rights of municipalities to set aside lands for public use. One result is the Public Domain Act of 1882, which grants towns and cities the right to set aside lands for preservation and conservation
1887
The first August Camp is held at Katahdin, Maine
1888
First AMC Hut at Madison Spring is built
1893
The Massachusetts Legislature enlarges AMC’s charter to enable it to hold mountain and forest lands and historic sites
1893
The Metropolitan Park Commission is formed in Boston with the help of landscape architect Charles Eliot. AMC throws its support behind the Commission to protect land in the Blue Hills and Middlesex Fells
1895
AMC makes its first conservation land purchase by acquiring thirty-six acres along Snyder Brook in Randolph, New Hampshire, to protect a strip of old-growth forest from imminent logging operations
1906
The city of San Francisco applies for water rights to the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, hoping to flood the valley for a reservoir. The Sierra Club, AMC, and other groups fight the plan, but it is eventually approved in 1914
1907
First edition of the Guide to Paths and Camps in the White Mountains (aka the AMC White Mountain Guide) is published. Price: $1.00
1911
Advocacy by AMC and other groups results in passage of Weeks Act (36 Stat. 961) which was signed into law March 1, 1911, authorizing the creation of Eastern National Forests
1912
New York Chapter forms as first AMC Chapter
1918
Worcester Chapter forms
1920
Southern Chapter forms, but breaks away from AMC in 1923 to form the Carolina Mountain Club
1921
Connecticut Chapter, Narragansett Chapter and Merrimack (New Hampshire) Chapter form
1922
AMC purchases its first headquarters building at 5 Joy Street in Boston
1925
AMC helps form the Appalachian Trail Conference
1929
Berkshire Chapter (Western Massachusetts) Chapter forms
1930
Joe Dodge, AMC Huts Manager, becomes the Weather Bureau’s official observer at Pinkham Notch, where weather data has been collected ever since. Two years later, Dodge helps found the Mount Washington Observatory
1956
Maine Chapter forms
1957
New Hampshire Four-Thousand-Footer Club forms
1958
First Mountain Leadership School held
1962
Delaware Valley Chapter forms
1968
Youth Opportunities Program launched to get urban and at-risk youth outdoors
1970
A seasonal caretaker is placed at Liberty Springs Tentsite to manage use, creating our Campsite and Caretaker program. Caretakers inform hikers on how to minimize their impact on campsites in the White Mountains
1971
A Mountain Classroom (AMCR) begins as a weekend workshop to train teachers in mountain leadership, ecology, geology and environmental education. It eventually becomes a program for school groups incorporating active exploration outdoors
1974
AMC partners with Friends of Bigelow and develops management plan for future Bigelow Preserve in Maine
1975
AMC wins permanent injunction against I-93 construction north of Franconia Notch based on deficiencies in project’s Environmental Impact Statement
1975
Boston Chapter forms
1976
Southeastern Massachusetts Chapter forms
1980
AMC starts the Adopt-A-Trail Program in White Mountains
1981
AMC begins investigations into the acidity of cloud and rainwater on the upper slopes of the White Mountains at sites on Mount Lafayette and Mount Washington. The study continues today at AMC Lakes of the Clouds Hut
1984
Washington D.C. (Potomac) Chapter forms
1990
AMC plays a leadership role in founding the Northern Forest Alliance
1993
AMC opens Mohican Outdoor Center in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in partnership with the US Park Service
1994
AMC negotiates Deerfield River Agreement, which becomes a national model for achieving conservation goals through the dam re-licensing process
1995
AMC launches Businesses for the Northern Forest with the Northern Forest Alliance
1995
An air quality monitoring station is set up at AMC’s Camp Dodge Trails Training Center in Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire, which still runs today in cooperation with the NH Department of Environmental Science
1996
AMC partners with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and the New England Wildflower Society on restoration of endangered Robbins Cinquefoil in the White Mountain National Forest
1998
AMC joins the Highlands Coalition, an advocacy group focused on land protection in the Highlands region of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, and begins work on mapping critical treasures in the region
1999
AMC, The Nature Conservancy, and the Conservation Law Foundation issue the Mountain Treasures report, calling for protection of roadless areas in the WMNF
1999
AMC is granted a 30-year special use permit for operating its White Mountain hut system and Pinkham Notch Visitor Center
1999
AMC’s Conservation Action Network (CAN) launches
2000
AMC creates the Alpine Steward Program with U.S. Forest Service
2001
AMC begins construction with the Maine Appalachian Trail Club on the new 42-mile Grafton Loop Trail
2002
Robbins Cinquefoil removed from Endangered Species list after 22 years, thanks to restoration efforts by AMC and partners
2002
AMC launches Leadership Training Institute
2003
AMC opens the Highland Center at Crawford Notch, an outdoor program and education center based on an award-winning green architectural design
2003
AMC launches the Maine Woods Initiative with the purchase of 37,000 acres in the 100-Mile Wilderness region from International Paper and the purchase of Little Lyford Lodge and Cabins
2004
The Highlands Conservation Act is signed
2004
AMC develops computer-based wind power siting model and begins work with states to encourage the adoption of uniform wind power siting guidelines
2004
AMC’s Mountain Watch program is launched to monitor plants in the mountains of the Northeast
2005
AMC launches Mountain Watch community science program, enabling members and guests to measure indicators of air quality and climate change
2006
AMC purchases Medawisla Wilderness Lodge and Cabins, offering lodge-to-lodge skiing, as part of Maine Woods Initiative
2007
AMC opens Greenville, Maine office as part of Maine Woods Initiative
2008
AMC dedicates Gorman Chairback Lodge & Cabins (which opens in 2011), in recognition of the leadership of Leon and Lisa Gorman in conservation, education, and outdoor recreation
2009
AMC completes conservation purchase of 29,500-acre Roach Ponds Tract in Maine, completing 63-mile corridor of protected land in the 100-Mile Wilderness
2009
The New England National Scenic Trail (NET) is federally designated. AMC and the Connecticut Forest & Park Association enter a formal partnership with the National Park Service to be the NET’s principal trail stewards
2011
Madison Spring Hut reopens after a major remodeling begun in September 2010. The entire structure is rebuilt except for the stone walls and foundation which date back to 1922
2014
AMC’s 10,000-acre Katahdin Iron Works Ecological Reserve carbon offset project receives final registry approval from the Climate Action Reserve to sell more than 100,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide credits, with a 100-year commitment that the carbon remains sequestered in the forest
2015
AMC expands its Maine Woods Initiative by purchasing the 4,300-acre Baker Mountain tract
2016
The Stephen & Betsy Corman AMC Harriman Outdoor Center opens in New York, offering hiking, paddling, and camping adventures in the heart of Harriman State Park
2017
The newly constructed Medawisla Lodge & Cabins opens to the public, expanding recreational access on in Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness
2018
The Northern Pass transmission line is unanimously rejected by New Hampshire’s Site Evaluation Committee after eight years of opposition work by AMC with thousands of citizens, towns, and conservation organizations
2019
AMC launches the Alpine Flower Watch community science initiative with partners to track the flowering and fruiting times of alpine plants via the iNaturalist app to study the effects of climate change
2021
DarkSky International designated the AMC Maine Woods as the first International Dark Sky Park in New England
2022
AMC finalizes the acquisition of the nearly 27,000-acre Pleasant River Headwaters Forest in Maine, securing critical habitat for species like Atlantic salmon and native brook trout
2022
AMC holds its first See the Dark festival at Medawisla Lodge in Maine with weeklong events dedicated to observing and learning about the night sky
2022
With seed funding from L.L. Bean, AMC launches the Outdoor Journey Fund, designed to provide outdoor experiences for groups that face significant barriers to outdoor participation
2023
AMC opens the Cardigan Mountain All Persons Trail in Alexandria, NH, a half-mile nature trail designed to meet U.S. Forest Service Trail Accessibility Guidelines and be suitable for people using mobility devices
2025
After partnering with the Conservation Fund and the Malone Family Land Preservation Foundation in 2023, AMC finalizes the purchase of the 29,000-acre Barnard Forest, an addition to the Maine Woods Initiative, with a $10 million gift from Natick, MA-based software developer MathWorks
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1876
The Appalachian Mountain Club is founded in Boston in January
1876
First AMC hiking trail, Lowe’s Path, is cut up Mount Adams, New Hampshire
1882
AMC lobbies the Massachusetts Legislature for the rights of municipalities to set aside lands for public use. One result is the Public Domain Act of 1882, which grants towns and cities the right to set aside lands for preservation and conservation
1887
The first August Camp is held at Katahdin, Maine
1888
First AMC Hut at Madison Spring is built
1893
The Massachusetts Legislature enlarges AMC’s charter to enable it to hold mountain and forest lands and historic sites
1893
The Metropolitan Park Commission is formed in Boston with the help of landscape architect Charles Eliot. AMC throws its support behind the Commission to protect land in the Blue Hills and Middlesex Fells
1895
AMC makes its first conservation land purchase by acquiring thirty-six acres along Snyder Brook in Randolph, New Hampshire, to protect a strip of old-growth forest from imminent logging operations
1906
The city of San Francisco applies for water rights to the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, hoping to flood the valley for a reservoir. The Sierra Club, AMC, and other groups fight the plan, but it is eventually approved in 1914
1907
First edition of the Guide to Paths and Camps in the White Mountains (aka the AMC White Mountain Guide) is published. Price: $1.00
1911
Advocacy by AMC and other groups results in passage of Weeks Act (36 Stat. 961) which was signed into law March 1, 1911, authorizing the creation of Eastern National Forests
1912
New York Chapter forms as first AMC Chapter
1918
Worcester Chapter forms
1920
Southern Chapter forms, but breaks away from AMC in 1923 to form the Carolina Mountain Club
1921
Connecticut Chapter, Narragansett Chapter and Merrimack (New Hampshire) Chapter form
1922
AMC purchases its first headquarters building at 5 Joy Street in Boston
1925
AMC helps form the Appalachian Trail Conference
1929
Berkshire Chapter (Western Massachusetts) Chapter forms
1930
Joe Dodge, AMC Huts Manager, becomes the Weather Bureau’s official observer at Pinkham Notch, where weather data has been collected ever since. Two years later, Dodge helps found the Mount Washington Observatory
1956
Maine Chapter forms
1957
New Hampshire Four-Thousand-Footer Club forms
1958
First Mountain Leadership School held
1962
Delaware Valley Chapter forms
1968
Youth Opportunities Program launched to get urban and at-risk youth outdoors
1970
A seasonal caretaker is placed at Liberty Springs Tentsite to manage use, creating our Campsite and Caretaker program. Caretakers inform hikers on how to minimize their impact on campsites in the White Mountains
1971
A Mountain Classroom (AMCR) begins as a weekend workshop to train teachers in mountain leadership, ecology, geology and environmental education. It eventually becomes a program for school groups incorporating active exploration outdoors
1974
AMC partners with Friends of Bigelow and develops management plan for future Bigelow Preserve in Maine
1975
AMC wins permanent injunction against I-93 construction north of Franconia Notch based on deficiencies in project’s Environmental Impact Statement
1975
Boston Chapter forms
1976
Southeastern Massachusetts Chapter forms
1980
AMC starts the Adopt-A-Trail Program in White Mountains
1981
AMC begins investigations into the acidity of cloud and rainwater on the upper slopes of the White Mountains at sites on Mount Lafayette and Mount Washington. The study continues today at AMC Lakes of the Clouds Hut
1984
Washington D.C. (Potomac) Chapter forms
1990
AMC plays a leadership role in founding the Northern Forest Alliance
1993
AMC opens Mohican Outdoor Center in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in partnership with the US Park Service
1994
AMC negotiates Deerfield River Agreement, which becomes a national model for achieving conservation goals through the dam re-licensing process
1995
AMC launches Businesses for the Northern Forest with the Northern Forest Alliance
1995
An air quality monitoring station is set up at AMC’s Camp Dodge Trails Training Center in Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire, which still runs today in cooperation with the NH Department of Environmental Science
1996
AMC partners with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and the New England Wildflower Society on restoration of endangered Robbins Cinquefoil in the White Mountain National Forest
1998
AMC joins the Highlands Coalition, an advocacy group focused on land protection in the Highlands region of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, and begins work on mapping critical treasures in the region
1999
AMC, The Nature Conservancy, and the Conservation Law Foundation issue the Mountain Treasures report, calling for protection of roadless areas in the WMNF
1999
AMC is granted a 30-year special use permit for operating its White Mountain hut system and Pinkham Notch Visitor Center
1999
AMC’s Conservation Action Network (CAN) launches
2000
AMC creates the Alpine Steward Program with U.S. Forest Service
2001
AMC begins construction with the Maine Appalachian Trail Club on the new 42-mile Grafton Loop Trail
2002
Robbins Cinquefoil removed from Endangered Species list after 22 years, thanks to restoration efforts by AMC and partners
2002
AMC launches Leadership Training Institute
2003
AMC opens the Highland Center at Crawford Notch, an outdoor program and education center based on an award-winning green architectural design
2003
AMC launches the Maine Woods Initiative with the purchase of 37,000 acres in the 100-Mile Wilderness region from International Paper and the purchase of Little Lyford Lodge and Cabins
2004
The Highlands Conservation Act is signed
2004
AMC develops computer-based wind power siting model and begins work with states to encourage the adoption of uniform wind power siting guidelines
2004
AMC’s Mountain Watch program is launched to monitor plants in the mountains of the Northeast
2005
AMC launches Mountain Watch community science program, enabling members and guests to measure indicators of air quality and climate change
2006
AMC purchases Medawisla Wilderness Lodge and Cabins, offering lodge-to-lodge skiing, as part of Maine Woods Initiative
2007
AMC opens Greenville, Maine office as part of Maine Woods Initiative
2008
AMC dedicates Gorman Chairback Lodge & Cabins (which opens in 2011), in recognition of the leadership of Leon and Lisa Gorman in conservation, education, and outdoor recreation
2009
AMC completes conservation purchase of 29,500-acre Roach Ponds Tract in Maine, completing 63-mile corridor of protected land in the 100-Mile Wilderness
2009
The New England National Scenic Trail (NET) is federally designated. AMC and the Connecticut Forest & Park Association enter a formal partnership with the National Park Service to be the NET’s principal trail stewards
2011
Madison Spring Hut reopens after a major remodeling begun in September 2010. The entire structure is rebuilt except for the stone walls and foundation which date back to 1922
2014
AMC’s 10,000-acre Katahdin Iron Works Ecological Reserve carbon offset project receives final registry approval from the Climate Action Reserve to sell more than 100,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide credits, with a 100-year commitment that the carbon remains sequestered in the forest
2015
AMC expands its Maine Woods Initiative by purchasing the 4,300-acre Baker Mountain tract
2016
The Stephen & Betsy Corman AMC Harriman Outdoor Center opens in New York, offering hiking, paddling, and camping adventures in the heart of Harriman State Park
2017
The newly constructed Medawisla Lodge & Cabins opens to the public, expanding recreational access on in Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness
2018
The Northern Pass transmission line is unanimously rejected by New Hampshire’s Site Evaluation Committee after eight years of opposition work by AMC with thousands of citizens, towns, and conservation organizations
2019
AMC launches the Alpine Flower Watch community science initiative with partners to track the flowering and fruiting times of alpine plants via the iNaturalist app to study the effects of climate change
2021
DarkSky International designated the AMC Maine Woods as the first International Dark Sky Park in New England
2022
AMC finalizes the acquisition of the nearly 27,000-acre Pleasant River Headwaters Forest in Maine, securing critical habitat for species like Atlantic salmon and native brook trout
2022
AMC holds its first See the Dark festival at Medawisla Lodge in Maine with weeklong events dedicated to observing and learning about the night sky
2022
With seed funding from L.L. Bean, AMC launches the Outdoor Journey Fund, designed to provide outdoor experiences for groups that face significant barriers to outdoor participation
2023
AMC opens the Cardigan Mountain All Persons Trail in Alexandria, NH, a half-mile nature trail designed to meet U.S. Forest Service Trail Accessibility Guidelines and be suitable for people using mobility devices
2025
After partnering with the Conservation Fund and the Malone Family Land Preservation Foundation in 2023, AMC finalizes the purchase of the 29,000-acre Barnard Forest, an addition to the Maine Woods Initiative, with a $10 million gift from Natick, MA-based software developer MathWorks