Great seeing you at the Annual Meeting!

One of the unique items in our archives is the 33 page transcript of an interview with Marion (Buck) Davis. The interview was recorded shortly before her death in 1985. Marion Davis and Frank Robbins created the Wapack Trail in 1923. As soon as the trail was completed they began construction of the Wapack Lodge along the trail in New Ipswich. The trail was immediately popular and hikers and visitors needed a place to stay overnight and be fed, even before the lodge was finished! The following is Marion’s story of the first visitors to the lodge, before it was…

President’s Note After celebrating significant anniversaries for the Friends of the Wapack, the Wapack Wildlife Refuge and the Wapack Trail in recent years, this has been a little more normal year for the Friends. On the trail, it seems the COVID crowds have diminished a little, but there continues to be significant use, especially by the running community. For the first time in many years, I was on a work day in the spring, on the Berry Pasture Trail. Openings for views of Monadnock were opened up. Keeping them open in the future will be my job as the adopter.…

We’d like to extend a thank you to all who came to the 2024 Annual Meeting! We had a great time seeing everyone and hope you did as well. Many thanks to our speaker Swift Corwin. Thanks to Paul Willis for capturing these great photos of the meeting.