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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------***Give your teen a memorable summer with Teen Wilderness Adventures – AMC‘s Teen Wilderness Adventures offer more than 30exciting, rewarding outdoor adventures in the White Mountains and Lakes Regions of New Hampshire, as well as Acadia NationalPark and western Maine, for youth ages 12 to 18. Summer trips range in length from 5 to 23 days, and many of them combinedifferent outdoor elements such as backpacking, canoeing, kayaking, mountain biking, and rock climbing. New this year, we‘veexpanded our single- and multi-sport adventures and added new offerings such as a 7-Day Ocean Kayak Adventure and a Waterfallsand Swimming Holes Backpack Adventure. For details, visit www.outdoors.org/teenwilderness.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------***Coming soon on White Mountain Guide Online: new recommended hikes with kids and spring flowers – Starting this June, WhiteMountain Guide Online subscribers can access these recommended hikes as selected by AMC staff. Not a subscriber yet? You cansample this content when you sign up for a FREE 5-day trial subscription. The White Mountain Guide Online combines expertdescriptions of over 500 trails and detailed maps in an online format that is easy to use and continually updated as conditions change.Post your own photos and trip and trail reports, and then share them as part of our free online community. You can also take a virtualtour of your hike using 3D Google Earth satellite images! Get started today with a FREE 5-day trial. Visit:www.outdoors.org/wmgonline. An annual subscription is just $15 ($12 for AMC members).-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------***Volunteer for AMC‘s Mountain Watch Program -- new 2010 guidebooks and datasheets now available: Spring is here, and flowersare blooming! AMC's Mountain Watch program relies on volunteers like you to help us track changes in mountain plant seasonalevents, such as flowering time, when you are out hiking the trails. Your observations, together with many other citizen scientists, willhelp us understand how climate change may affect plants in mountain environments over time.This year, the program includes observations of flowering times as well as fruiting times for our target forest and alpine plants, so besure to download the NEW 2010 guidebooks and datasheets at http://www.outdoors.org/conservation/mountainwatch/mtplant.cfm, orrequest them by emailing amcmtnwatch@outdoors.org. New training materials leading you through virtual observations of plantflowering and fruiting phases will also be posted online. We have also updated our online data entry system to include a map to locateyour observation sites. Be sure to register and enter your data online:http://www.outdoors.org/conservation/mountainwatch/volunteers/.Now that we have a good chunk of data (5 years worth!), our scientists are analyzing the flowering observations submitted by citizensand our own staff in detail, comparing flowering times to seasonal temperatures, elevation, and aspect. Results of this analysis areexpected in the fall of 2010. If you would like to help further our data-collection this spring and summer, or if you‘d simply like tolearn a bit more about the environment you are traveling through, visit www.outdoors.org/mountainwatch. Enjoy the spring bloom!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------***Registration for a family-friendly Major Excursion to Rocky Mountain National Park is now open - August 7-14, 2010. Introduceyour family to the amazing beauty of Colorado's Estes Park. Experience the grandeur of the area through hikes and activities designedfor maximum family enjoyment. Hikes will be matched to the ages, limits, and interests of the family members. More challenginghikes (5-7 mi) will be offered for parents who can split childcare duties. Others welcome without families. Accommodations will be atthe YMCA of the Rockies with transportation by vans. Approximate trip cost - Adults 13 and over: $1,665 per person adult doubleoccupancy (Single supplement $490), Children ages 6-12: $620, Children under 6: $425. Includes lodging, all meals, groundtransportation, park passes and evacuation insurance. Airfare of ~ $400-600 not included. Some hiking experience required. For moreinformation, visit http://snebulos.mit.edu/majorexcursions/trips/1022.pdf.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------***Save the date for fall Major Excursions Adventure Travel Leadership Training, November 19-21, 2010 - Visit some of the mostexciting places in the world as the leader of an AMC Major Excursion. This workshop provides important training to people who haveAMC activity leadership experience (no beginners) to transition from leading weekend chapter activities to more complex and longertrips, both domestically and overseas. Previous outdoor leadership training is highly desirable. Emphasis is on planning, costestimating, trip management, people skills, and risk management. Includes procedures and guidelines for researching, proposing, and16