What makes the Maine Woods Initiative such an exciting project?
Walter Graff: There’s a sense of wildness in the Maine Woods Initiative area that’s unlike even what we can find in the White Mountains. We want to preserve that for generations to come. Almost to a person, anyone who’s come and visited has come away with a sense of pride in what AMC is working on up there, trying to protect and preserve a critical resource. We have two sporting camps open to the public, Little Lyford and Medawisla, and have recently acquired a third—Chairback Mountain Camps. And we are partnering with a fourth camp, West Branch Pond Camps, one the oldest camps in Maine. This string of camps will be the basis for camp-to-camp skiing and hiking, providing unique, multi-day, backcountry experiences. Andy Falender: When we talk about sporting camps and the opportunity to ski or hike from sporting camp to sporting camp, and when we describe the excitement of a visit to this vast and remote place with pristine lakes, magnificent wildlife, comfortable and unique sporting cam
