Registration now open for Fall Gathering on Cape Cod, October 18-20
Discover where the locals hike, bike, and paddle on Cape Cod—join us a weekend of outdoor fun at Camp Burgess, which boasts nearly 300 acres of forests, meadows, trails, and freshwater ponds, and offers activities like zip lining, a climbing wall, volleyball, and more!
The fall is a great time to visit the Cape—the leaves start to change, the air turns crisp, and the summer crowds disappear. At this event, you’ll be able to explore the best “the Cape” has to offer—we’re planning a wide variety of hikes, bike rides, and paddles (weather permitting).
The weekend will also include live music, yoga, and campfires. One-night, two-night, or single-day options are available.
Registration and more information.
DV chapter will be hosting Fall gathering 2020 at the Pocono Environmental Education Center.
More information to come. Also watch for an article and photos on the Fall issue of Footnotes.
Steven Campanelli & Judy Farrell, hike, bike & backpack duo, Volunteers of the Month
Is it Batman and Robin? Sherlock and Watson? Or the Lone Ranger and Tonto? No, it’s our Volunteers of the Month, the dynamic duo of Steven Campanelli and Judy Farrell.
Both members since 2015, Judy graduated from the chapter leadership training in 2015 and Steve attended Advance Mountain Leadership School in New Hampshire in 2016. Since that time, Steven has led at least 5-6 hikes. backpacks and cycling trips per year with sidekick Judy. Steven, a Wilderness First Responder, brings with him 25+ years of wilderness backcountry experience from all over the world.
Judy, hiking since her teens in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, has Wilderness First Aid certification and a passion for nature. In addition to leading hikes and cycling activities within the local area, the Catskills and Delaware, they are primarily known for their backpacking trips, which explore many places from the wilds of mid-state Pennsylvania, to New York and New Hampshire. On behalf of all our chapter members, many thanks for all of your contributions!
Our Volunteer of the Month program was initiated to recognize volunteers nominated by their peers. Chapter members can nominate volunteers by e-mail to recognition@amcdv.org.The nomination should contain the nominee’s name, reason for the recognition, and name of the nominator. Each nominee name is entered into a random drawing for the Volunteer of the Month recognition. The monthly winners are entered into an annual drawing at the Annual Dinner for a grand prize of a weekend stay at an AMC facility. Nominees must be an AMC member, not a elected member of the current Executive Committee, and may serve in any volunteer capacity that benefits the Chapter mission in the Delaware Valley area. See the past Volunteers of the Month.
About our 2019 AT Ridgerunner, get latest reports
Our 2019 ridgerunner is Steven Mathew Read, who has been in training and orientation for almost two weeks and began the season this Memorial Day weekend and will be on the trail through Labor Day.
Matt is from Texas and thru-hiked the trail in 2003. He brings experience, maturity and enthusiasm to the job, and we look forward to working with Matt throughout the season.
His wife Cara has accompanied him here from Texas but she will not be on the trail officially. She is able to work remotely as a writer.
Matt would be very pleased to join you on one of your work trips to help care for the trail together, and to get to know you and your clubs section more intimately. He can be reached by e-mail or by texting or calling 484-896-9492
The Ridge Runner program on the Appalachian Trail enters its 27th year. The Ridge Runner is an AMC employee who works on the AT five days a week including weekends and holidays between Memorial and Labor Days. His or her job is to meet and greet trail users, educate on Leave No Trace, and help preserve the trail experience for future generations.
Our chapter and the larger AMC have been directly involved in supporting this program in Pennsylvania for all of those years. The program has been coordinated by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) and the National Park Service, with a continuing grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
The section of trail covered stretches 42 miles from Delaware Water Gap to Lehigh Furnace Gap and includes Wind Gap, Little Gap and Lehigh Gap in northeastern Pennsylvania (including the 16 miles of the trail maintained by the DV Chapter). There are two other ridge runner programs on the AT in Pennsylvania, one in the Cumberland Valley, and the other in southern Pennsylvania near Michaux State Forest.
If you'd like to keep updated on the Ridge Runner program and Kevin's experiences on the trail, check out the program on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NEPARidgerunner/ Latest Ridgerunner Report 8-3 to 8-9 All reports to date
Take Action:
Demand Full and Dedicated Funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Now is our chance to finally secure permanent, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The United States Senate is reviewing S.1081, a bi-partisan bill to permanently provide $900 million annually to the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Write to your Senators today asking for their support of S.1081 by joining as a co-sponsor.
The Land and Water Conservation Fund is a visionary and bipartisan federal funding program for protecting our nation’s most special places. From Sterling Forest in the New York Highlands, to White Cap Mountain in Maine, to the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, the Land and Water Conservation Fund has funded the protection of some of our most iconic landscapes and trails in the Northeast. Earlier this year, we celebrated the permanent re-authorization of the Land Water Conservation Fund, but without dedicated funding Congress’ work is not complete.
Write to your Senators in support of funding for LWCF.
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