In early July IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and volunteers Troy Gaulton, Curtis Payne and Trent Foster travelled by boat to Middle Brook, Parsons Pond where they hiked to Little East Brook (just north of East Brook Gulch) to complete the last remaining section of the Parsons Pond to Flat Hills access trail.

From June 30 to July 2 IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and volunteers Troy Gaulton and Caroline Swan made a 3-day trek into the Lewis Hills to survey the northern end of the IATNL’s Lewis Hills Trail. The 60 kilometer (36 mile) “Canada Day Trek” was under ideal conditions, with clear blue skies, dry barrens,…

On Tuesday, June 9 IAT representatives Paul Wylezol and Kevin Noseworthy travelled to Holyhead, Wales for the last leg of the IAT UK-Ireland 2009 Tour. They were met by Adrian Humpage of the British Geological Survey, and representatives of GeoMon Geopark and the Isle of Anglesey.

From Northern Ireland the IAT delegation of Paul Wylezol, Kevin Noseworthy and Earl Raymond travelled to Dublin, capital of the Irish Republic, for more hiking, meeting and sightseeing. The visit started with a trek into the Dublin Mountains and a short walk on sections of the Wicklow Way.

After the IAT visit to Scotland, the IATNL contingent of Paul Wylezol and Kevin Noseworthy and IAT Maine representative Earl Raymond travelled to Northern Ireland for 2 days of meetings and touring. Again the weather was cooperative and our hosts were knowledgeable, entertaining and great ambassadors of the north.

The IAT visit to the UK and Ireland got off to a great start this past week. The first leg of the trip began in Scotland with a meeting with Scottish Environment Minister Roseanna Cunningham, followed by a trek to the summit of Ben Nevis and a public meeting on the creation of an IAT

On May 24 IATNL Chairperson Paul Wylezol and Treasurer Kevin Noseworthy made the most of a beautiful spring day to head into Serpentine Valley to survey a connecting route for the Lewis Hills Trail from Logger School Road to the north end of the hills.

American long distance hiker Paul Duffy recently arrived in Newfoundland to begin his 14 month, 6,000 mile quest to hike the Eastern Continental Trail from Crow Head, Newfoundland to Key West, Florida.

The IATNL supports the park’s position that the outstanding natural and tourism value of this resource should not be depreciated by this development. When all things are considered, it will be clear that promoting the natural resource of Lower Churchill power at the expense of one of the few important natural resources of the Northern…

Iron Man 81-year old Roy Murley atop 2100ft Cape Blow Me Down