Keeping the trail clutter free in Maine - The Bigelows

[Old Hillwalker]

Nice little video about removing 100 years of junk from the Bigelow Col in Maine.

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[Old Hillwalker]

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http://www.wcsh6.com/life/programming/local/bill_greens_maine/article/262586/10/Bill-helps-pick-up-trash-at-the-top-of-Bigelow-Mountain

[Capt Nat]

Great video, thanks!

[Ender]

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Really great video. Thanks!

And good grief but man it really made me want to hit the trail in Maine again. :)

[icemanat95]

Too bad they can't get the golrawn wind turbine clutter out of the mountains. I make money off the vegetation management of the powerline right of way and around the towers themselves, but the damned things are a blight on the landscape and have a HUGE footprint for the amount of power they generate. Add to this the fact that they must be decommissioned at about the same time they pay back initial costs, and you have a scam. The only thing that makes them worthwhile to the operators is the government subsidies.