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The Massachusetts Audubon Society was born out of Harriet Hemenway's desire to stop the commercial slaughter of birds for women's ornamental hats. Hemenway and her cousin, Minna Hall, soon enlisted 900 women and formed a partnership with many from Boston's scientific community to form their organization.
Appalachian Mountain Club has twelve chapters located in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Washington, D.C. The largest chapter is the Boston chapter, with over 20,000 members, [ 19 ] followed by the New Hampshire chapter with over 12,000 members, [ 20 ] and the New York ...
The White Mountains Four Thousand Footers List was established by the Appalachian Mountain Club in 1957. [1] The AMC calls it the White Mountains List, but others call it the New Hampshire List because it does not include Old Speck Mountain (4,170 ft) in Maine, which is outside the White Mountain National Forest but within the White Mountains.
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Camp Wanocksett is a 250-acre (1.0 km 2) Boy Scouts of America camp located in Dublin, New Hampshire, and borders the Monadnock State Park. It is used by the Heart of New England Council, which is based in central Massachusetts. Summer camp and weekend programs take place at the camp, and units can rent campsites and cabins.
The membership is encouraged to actively participate on these committees. The Woburn Redevelopment Authority is an independent municipal urban renewal authority established by the City of Woburn in 1961, in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 121B. The Authority is governed by five members, four of whom are appointed by the Mayor ...
In 1956, the United States, Canada, and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at 6 inches (15 cm) in height by 12 inches (30 cm) in width, with standardized mounting holes. [2]