Chocorua Mountain Club receives trail support from White Mountain Trail Collective
CMC-WMTC Ceremony, pictured from left to right are: Dylan Summers - Youth / Level 1 Coordinator, WMTC; Ally Scholtz - Asst. Project Manager, WMTC; Christin Bailey, District Trails Manager, WMNF, Saco District; Ken Smith, President, CMC; Melanie Luce, Executive Director, WMTC; Kate Lanou, Vice President, CMC; John Wheeler, Treasurer, CMC. Photo courtesy of the Chocorua Mountain Club
The Chocorua Mountain Club has announced it is receiving support from the White Mountain Trail Collective that equals $110,000 for significant trail work to be completed on the Old Paugus and Paugus Beeline trails in Chocorua. The work is in partnership with the White Mountain National Forest, Saco Ranger District, as well as the Sandwich Range Wilderness Project.
According to Ken Smith, president of the CMC and lifelong summer resident of Chocorua, “It is the most significant amount to be awarded to the CMC in its more than 100-year history. “Our Chocorua and Tamworth neighbors have been very generous to other local conservation efforts for many years, so we’re also very pleased to have secured this important funding from outside sources, and we plan to keep that model moving forward as we execute on our long-term plan,” said Smith.
“It kicks off the CMC’s five-year strategic trails stewardship plan to harden all of the trails on our network to prepare for the next 100 years.”
Read the full article in the Conway Daily Sun HERE.
Banner image: Mount Paugus western ledges. Photo: Alex Moot