FRENCHVILLE — Last month, the Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation wrapped up its milestone 10th season of connecting young people with Maine’s premier wild river, marking the successful completion of both our high school Advanced Leadership Trip and our ambitious eighth-grade program expansion in the St. John Valley. Over the past 18...
Read moreFRENCHVILLE — The paddles are officially in the water. On Tuesday morning, a historic journey began for 34 eighth-grade students from the Allagash Wilderness Waterway gateway communities of Fort Kent, Frenchville, St. Agatha, and Madawaska as they launched the 2026 Youth on the Allagash expedition. Following a thorough orientation and gear-up...
Read moreAllagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation Executive Director Daniel Dinsmore and AWWF advisor Janet McMahon appeared on WCSH's program "207" to discuss the recent publication of a new guidebook, This Extraordinary Place: A Guide to Allagash Ecology. The book builds on a groundbreaking ecological assessment, "A River in Space and Time," which...
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