{"id":14,"date":"2018-05-21T17:09:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T17:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-02-23T09:52:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T14:52:05","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/?page_id=14","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tCardigan Highlanders Volunteer Trail Crew\n\t<\/h1>\n<h2>\n\t\tWho Are the Highlanders?\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20210828_143905-4.jpg\" alt=\"20210828_143905 (4)\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"719\" width=\"959\" title=\"20210828_143905 (4)\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p><strong>Formed in 1985\u00a0<\/strong>under the direction of Craig Sanborn, the Cardigan Highlanders Volunteer Trail Crew has a primary focus on maintaining hiking trails on Mount Cardigan and Mount Sunapee in western New Hampshire, while periodically venturing farther afield to assist other trail crews across New Hampshire and Vermont.\u00a0\u00a0 The crew also works with state agencies and local non-profits to design and build hiking trails.<\/p>\n<p>From the crew&#8217;s inception until recently, it operated as an informal group of trail enthusiasts dedicated to the stewardship of western New Hampshire&#8217;s hiking trails, and informed and inspired by Scottish Highland culture.\u00a0 This informal approach worked well for decades, but it was evident to all that if Mr. Sanborn&#8217;s work and vision was to endure, something more formal than an ad hoc group was needed.<\/p>\n\t<p>With this in mind, in 2016 Mr. Sanborn and his colleagues initiated discussions toward becoming a more sustainable entity by formally organizing and seeking nonprofit status with the State of New Hampshire.\u00a0 With that nonprofit status now official, a Board of Directors in place, and a partnership agreement with the Upper Valley Trails Alliance that allows us to fundraise, the Cardigan Highlanders Volunteer Trail Crew has entered a new and exciting era filled with promise and opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most important aspects of the new organization&#8217;s operations will be public engagement.\u00a0 Utilizing multiple platforms, including this website and social media, our intention is to engage the hiking public for the purposes of education, information sharing, and recruiting new members.\u00a0 There are many miles of hiking trails yet comparatively few volunteers to help maintain them-an imbalance that we hope to help correct in the years ahead.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\tThe Board of Directors\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Steve-Darrow2-150x150-square.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Darrow2\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" title=\"Steve Darrow2\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h3>Steve Darrow<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\" https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/?page_id=546 \" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout Steve\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Craig-S.-profile-pic-150x150-square.jpg\" alt=\"CRAIG\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" title=\"Craig S. profile pic\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h3>Craig Sanborn<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/?page_id=539\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout Craig\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/IMG_2503-1-150x150-square.jpg\" alt=\"Bob H. profile pic 2\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" title=\"IMG_2503-1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h3>Bob Humphrey<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\" https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/?page_id=1597\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout Bob\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Scott-M.-profile-pic-150x150-square.jpg\" alt=\"SCOTT\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" title=\"Scott M. profile pic\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h3>Scott MacFaden<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\" https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/?page_id=542\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout Scott\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Josh-bio-pic-150x150-square.jpeg\" alt=\"Josh bio pic\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" title=\"Josh bio pic\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h3>Josh Morris<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/?page_id=1786\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout Josh\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/WES-150x150-square.jpg\" alt=\"WES\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" title=\"WES\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h3>Wes Tucker<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\" https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/?page_id=553 \" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout Wes\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardigan Highlanders Volunteer Trail Crew Who Are the Highlanders? Formed in 1985\u00a0under the direction of Craig Sanborn, the Cardigan Highlanders Volunteer Trail Crew has a primary focus on maintaining hiking trails on Mount Cardigan and Mount Sunapee in western New Hampshire, while periodically venturing farther afield to assist other trail crews across New Hampshire and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2612,"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/2612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiganhighlanders.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}