Posts Tagged: environment



Unattended Campfire, Pemigewasset Wilderness

Pemigewasset Wilderness - Unattended campfire
Unattended Campfire, Pemigewasset Wilderness - In May 2010, I spent a day deep in the Pemigewasset Wilderness of New Hampshire doing research and verifying information along the old East Branch & Lincoln Railroad. It was a wonderful day, but what I stumbled upon caught me completely off guard...[Continue reading] ...

Perspective, Pemigewasset Wilderness

Pemigewasset Wilderness - White Mountains, NH USA
Perspective, Pemigewasset Wilderness - One of the challenges of a photographer focused on the New England environment is finding a different perspective of locations that have been photographed thousands of times. I approach this issue by focusing on entire areas, such as the Pemigewasset Wilderness and not just one popular location in the Pemigewasset Wilderness. Here is my perspective of the Pemi Wilderness....[Continue reading] ...

2010 Happy Earth Day

Acadia National Park located on Mount Desert Island, Maine USA which is part of scenic New England. Otter Cliff is off in the distance.
Indian Poke -Veratrum veride- April 22, 2010 - Earth Day Celebrates 40 years!! Earth day was created forty years ago (April 22, 1970) by Gaylord Nelson. This is a day to celebrate and create awareness for the environment ...

Weeks Act Exhibit – Plymouth State University

Weeks Act Exhibit – Plymouth State University
Beebe River Logging Railroad - Remnants of a Harp Switch Stand April 4, 2010 - Last week I had the opportunity to visit the Silver Center for the Arts at Plymouth State University to view the Weeks Act Exhibit. The exhibit, runs from March 3 - April 11, 2010 and is free to the public. The purpose of the exhibit is to celebrate the centennial of the Weeks Act, which is in 2011. Plus it will help create awareness for ...

September 2009, Pemi Wilderness Suspension Bridge Update

Pemigewasset Wilderness - Suspension bridge
September 2009, Pemi Wilderness Suspension Bridge Removal Update - Quick update on the Pemigewasset Wilderness Bridge Removal, along the Wilderness Trail. It has been decided that both bridges will be removed. Forest Service plans on having the suspension bridge dismantled before December ...

Mount Washington Cog Railway, Cleanup

Cog Railroad Clean Up - Mt Washington, New Hampshire
Mount Washington, New Hampshire Cleanup - I recently had the opportunity to photograph the on going cleanup efforts along the Mount Washington Cog Railway. Another “Environmental” project that seems to be going unnoticed in the White Mountain National Forest is the cleanup efforts along the Mount Washington Cog Railroad. The Mount Washington Cog Railroad is a three mile (+/-) railroad, which travels to the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire USA ...

Mount Washington Cog, Biodiesel Locomotive

Mount Washington Cog, New Hampshire
Mount Washington Cog Railway - A few weeks back I made a trip to the summit of Mount Washington in the New Hampshire White Mountains to photograph the Biodiesel locomotive that is now in operation on the Cog Railway. This is the Cog Railway's first Biodiesel locomotive, and it is a big step in the “Go Green” efforts...[Continue reading] ...

June 2009, Pemigewasset Wilderness Bridge Removal Proposal

Pemigewasset Wilderness - Suspension bridge
June 2009, Pemi Wilderness Suspension Bridge Removal Proposal - Here in the White Mountains of New Hampshire there is a buzz about the removal of the 180 foot long suspension bridge, which crosses the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River in the Pemigewasset Wilderness. The suspension bridge is located along the Wilderness Trail about a half mile past its junction with the Bondcliff Trail ...