Gates unlocked, Tekαkαpimək open five days per week, Teacher Camp and Leave No Trace training, paddling the East Branch, and…yep, the black flies are here. A beautiful and sustainable feature of Tekαkαpimək Contact Station is the eastern white cedar siding that covers the exterior, from the vertical tongue and groove in the entryway pictured above to the custom shingles that wrap into the sinuous curves between each wing. Sunny yellow and pungent with …

A chance to share your thoughts with NPS, goodbyes with gratitude, getting ready for Membership May, and more… We made it to spring! Emerging from our winter “dens,” blinking in the sunlight like this red fox kit, we are ready. Friends’ staff are bubbling with excitement over sighting a spotted salamander or a nesting phoebe pair, dirt …

February Vacation Camp celebrates its 5th year, Patten Winterfest, General Management Plan update, and more… This newsletter is coming to you in the third week of March, a time of year defined by the tension of transitions. Patches of snow dot the landscape still. The driveway is softening each afternoon, half of it following us into the house …

Welcoming new staff and board, the winter trail report, learning winter safety, and a fresh look for the eNewsletter! Winter at Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument is a study in contrasts: its still, stark beauty invites well-bundled adventurers to experience a stunning landscape, but extreme cold, deep snowpack, and the remote backcountry pose risks. Recreating safely requires specific …

Through a challenging year, one thing was constant – your love for this place. At the end of each year, nonprofit staff are overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from our members, donors, supporting partners, and community folks who take some time from their OWN busy holiday preparations to sit down and write a check, …

Federal shutdown impacts, Stars Over Katahdin wrap-up, fall education program highlights, gate closures, and more… It is a difficult moment for our national parks, the dedicated workforce of the National Park Service who are nearly all currently furloughed, and for our gateway communities. Please know that Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters, like philanthropic park partners …

A wonderful Woods & Waters Day, record visitation, Stars Over Katahdin this month, fall community events, and more…   Are you feeling it? The air’s shift from stiflingly hot to fresh and breezy, a wink of bright orange amid the green canvas of a hillside, or the ease of sitting outside at dusk – without the shrill approach of …