MADRID: Backwoods trail riders take note. The official opening for the Perham Stream Bridge on the multi-use trail in Madrid is happening on Saturday, August the 27th at 12 pm. The bridge is at the confluence of Perham and Orbeton Streams in Madrid Township and is a major crossing on the ITS Read More
Carrabassett Valley Summer Fest
Just off the Sugarloaf Regional Airport in Carrabassett Valley, Maine is KC's Creativity Center. This business provides classes on creative pursuits to its patrons. It also hosted the Carrabassett Valley Summer Fest. AmeriCorps member, Dylan Cookson, set up and ran a booth from 12 to 6pm. Read More
The High Peaks Alliance at the Farmington Summer Fest
The Farmington Downtown Association threw the 2016 Farmington Summer Fest on Friday, and Saturday, July 22nd, and 23rd. On Saturday the 23rd, Broadway was closed off to automobiles and the street was filled with booths from local vendors and non-profits. For the second time in the month of July, Read More
High Peaks Alliance at Kingfield Festival Days
On the weekend of July 14th - 17th, Kingfield celebrated its Bicentennial Year and the High Peaks Alliance was there to share the experience. On Saturday, the 16th, Depot Street was lined with booths. Our own booth was set up and manned by AmeriCorps member and Maine Conservation Corps Read More
Completion of the Perham Stream Bridge
ATV riders heading North on ITS 89 through Madrid Township along the Aaron Holbrook Memorial Trail are sure to notice some changes when they approach the Perham Stream Bridge. This summer a collaborative project between the North Franklin Snowmobile Club and the High Peaks Alliance has reached Read More
Birds of Mount Abraham
West Kingfield: The hills have feathers! Birds that nest at higher elevations may do so a little later in the season than their lower elevation cousins. Earlier this year, the High Peaks Alliance offered to take eager bird watchers on the trail to hear the spring birds in the forests of Madrid. Now, Read More
Raffle Update
The High Peaks Alliance is pleased to announce that we have received two new prizes available for our ongoing raffle! The first of the new donations comes to us from River's Edge Sports of Oquossoc, Maine. River's Edge generously donated a pair of books on the History of the Rangeley Lakes Region. Read More
June 11th Workday
The Summer of 2016 has been a relatively cool one. At the High Peaks Alliance, we have taken advantage of the fair weather to maintain and improve the Fly Rod Crosby Trail. We held our second workday on June the 11th, with the help of some community volunteers. This workday, board members Read More
Let’s Get Ready to Raffle!
The Maine High Peaks Region is home to many local businesses that are supported by the region's abundant natural resources and diverse outdoor recreation opportunities. Fly Shops, Sporting Equipment Stores, Resturants, and Resorts all come together to enable visitors and residents to take full Read More
June 11th Trail Work Day
Location: Madrid Trail Head, Madrid, ME Event Title:Trail Work Day on the Fly Rod Crosby Trail We will meet at the Madrid trail head of the “Fly Rod” Crosby Trail at 9:00 am. The trailhead is off the Reeds Mill road in Madrid and can be most easily reached by turning onto Reeds Mill road Read More
May 14th Trail Workday
On Saturday, May 14th the High Peaks Alliance had its first trail work-day of the year on the Fly Rod Crosby Trail. High Peaks Alliance President, Milt Baston and Board Member Betsy Squibb were joined by AmeriCorps member and Maine Conservation Corps Environmental Steward, Dylan Cookson, and Read More
Maine Calling Features ‘Fly Rod’ Crosby
'Fly Rod' Crosby and the trail named for her got a little positive press today thanks to MPBN Maine Calling's Jennifer Brooks. Unfortunately, our AmeriCorps Member's cellphone failed him when he called to talk about the trail and the High Peaks Alliance. Thankfully Sandra from West Scarborough was Read More
Volunteer Work Day May, 28th
Location: Madrid Trail Head, Madrid, ME Event Date: 05-14-2016 Event Title: Trail Work Day on the Fly Rod Crosby Trail We will meet at the Madrid trail head of the "Fly Rod" Crosby Trail at 9:00 am where we will discuss the trail project for the day. The trail head is off the Reeds Mill road in Read More
Collins, King Announce $4.6 Million Federal Investment Supporting Conservation Efforts in Western Maine Mountains
In February, 2015 the High Peaks Alliance was excited to receive Senator Susan Collins and a representative of Senator Angus King as guests at their celebration of the completion of the Orbeton Parcel easement. The easement guarantees public access to 5,800 acres of privately owned forest Read More
Orbeton celebration event
Our latest land conservation project, the Orbeton Stream parcel of 5,800 acres, recently closed and a great celebration recognizing this was held on Saturday February 21st. The Phillips Area Community Center in Phillips, Maine was the scene of a great celebration on completion of the Orbeton Read More
Orbeton celebration
ORBETON STREAM CELEBRATION! The Trust for Public Land - with the High Peaks Alliance and North Franklin Snowmobile Club as local partners - announce a celebration of the success of the Orbeton Stream Project, protecting traditional public recreational activities in 5,800 acres of working forest in Read More
Orbeton Stream area, Op-ed
Lloyd Griscom Sunday, January 11, 2015 As a local landowner with a camp near the Appalachian Trail in Madrid Township, I became aware of a desire to protect the back country area around the headwaters of the Orbeton Stream. I knew this was a special place — my uncle once owned forestland here, Read More
Madrid timber land protected under easement
MADRID - Nearly 5,800 acres of timber land around Orbeton Stream has been permanently protected for logging, hunting, fishing, snowmobiling and other recreational activity, following the purchase of an easement by the state of Maine. The Trust for Public Land, a land conservation group based Read More
Fly Rod Crosby
Over the winter months we will be working on two projects for the Fly Rod Crosby trail. One of these will be working to complete the final section of trail from Saddleback Mountain to the Rangeley Logging museum on RT 16 where it will join up with the Northern Forest Canoe trail and cross Rangeley Read More
News from 2014
The High Peaks Alliance has some exciting things going on. We have been busy with many local conservation and recreational projects this year. Our "All Trails" project has worked well with connecting the local recreational trails community. In 2014 we partnered with local clubs to find trail Read More
Who exactly is out there doing land conservation? Great article in the Atlantic
Who exactly is out there doing land conservation? Great article in the Atlantic Read More
Survey finds sportsmen same the same concerns as landowners – and Maine desperately needs a strong landowner relations program.
Survey finds sportsmen have the same concerns as landowners - and Maine desperately needs a strong landowner relations program. Great article by George Smith about public access! Posting is increasing. We’re losing lots of land that was traditionally open to public recreation. This is what Read More
USFWS Announces 2014 Expansion of Hunting, Fishing Opportunities in National Wildlife Refuge System
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced the agency will expand hunting and fishing opportunities throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System, opening up new hunting programs on six refuges and expanding existing hunting and fishing programs on another Read More
Snowshoe Hike, February 15th 2014
On Maine's Great Outdoor Weekend several brave souls packed fresh powder on the Fly Rod Crosby Trail in Madrid TWP. The snowshoers shown above included folks from Portland, Phillips, and Rangeley PLT. Great fun was had by all, including the restless wildlife....(seen below!) Read More
Join us Oct. 22nd & 23rd in Avon and Rangeley for Community Forest Informational Sessions
Avon & Rangeley, High Peaks Alliance (HPA) invites local residents of the High Peaks region to come out to an information-sharing session about Community Forests, to be held in Avon at the Community Hall behind the town office from 5-7pm on October 22nd, and in Rangeley at the Church of the Good Read More
