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Northeastern Alpine Stewardship Gathering focuses on visitor use patterns

October 21, 2022 by Alicia DiCocco Leave a Comment

Alpine scientists, trail managers, and enthusiasts from organizations across the Northeastern United States joined together this past weekend at the Northeastern Alpine Stewardship Gathering at Craftsbury Outdoor Center in Vermont. The Green Mountain Club was honored to co-host this event with the Waterman Fund, a philanthropic organization whose mission is to conserve alpine areas  in […]

Filed Under: Education, Events, Stewardship Tagged With: conservation, stewardship

Supporters Raise +$70,000 for Long Trail Day

September 2, 2021 by Alicia DiCocco Leave a Comment

Alicia DiCocco & Erica Harris at Barnes Camp on Long Trail Day, 2021

Trail users up and down the state were out to celebrate the Long Trail, along with the success of raising more than $70,000 for its long-term protection, on August 28. The celebration, Long Trail Day, concluded a months-long fundraising effort led by community members. We at the Green Mountain Club are simply overwhelmed by the […]

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Your Donations Make a Difference

December 31, 2020 by Alicia DiCocco 1 Comment

Does your gift make a difference? The short answer: yes! I have been working in the field of fundraising for the better part of a decade and folks often question whether their gift makes a difference to an organization. Sure, if you were the only one donating $25 and no one else did, it might […]

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An Interview With Our Youngest Monthly Donor

July 30, 2020 by Alicia DiCocco Leave a Comment

This article previously appeared in the Spring 2020 Long Trail News. It was previously posted on our blog on March 5th. When I first met Ephraim Maciejowski, he was upside down on a swinging bar on a play structure in my neighborhood. He heard me talking about working at the Green Mountain Club, and exclaimed, […]

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HikeVT Love, GMC

July 5, 2020 by Alicia DiCocco Leave a Comment

We know your summer plans are likely different than you hoped, so we want to help you make the best of it. GMC is going to spend the summer providing suggested hikes around the state, in hopes that you get out and HikeVT! Each week, we are going to share a suggested easy, moderate, difficult, […]

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Leave No Trace, Then and Now: a Timeline of Trail Etiquette Language

March 1, 2023

This article previously appeared in the Winter 2022 Long Trail News, under the headline “Leave No Trace: Then and Now.” It was written by Sasha Weilbaker. To celebrate 100 years of the Long Trail News, we read back issues to learn what they said about trail stewardship and etiquette. The seven … Read more

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The Green Mountain Club is the founder and maintainer of the Long Trail - the oldest long distance hiking trail in America. Established in 1910 to build this trail stretching the length of Vermont, the club now also maintains the Appalachian Trail in Vermont and trails in the Northeast Kingdom in its mission to "make the Vermont mountains play a larger part in the life of the people." Read more...

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