Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne speaks to attendees following the opening ceremony.

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I’d like to say my recent visit to Voyageurs and recollections from The Summer of Love prompted my brief Fourth of July camping trip to Bridgton, Maine but in truth it had been scheduled for weeks, as my work schedule and that of my wife allowed only for a long weekend.

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This great post reminds me of last week when the power went out and everyone was out on their porch, walking around, and greeting neighbors they never see because they are glued to the tube. A small town that usually seems dead was suddenly alive. This reminded me of the passagiatta (evening stroll around town) in Italy, and how I could never figure out how to actually make it happen. Until now. Cut the cable TV from 5-7pm every day.

We have updated the SCA main page to give it a shiny new look and to make it easier to navigate. The top menu has been moved below the banners and the left navigation has been restyled. Take a look and leave comments below and let us know what you think.

Imagine my surprise when at holiday dinner last week, my own father dropped Wikipedia into casual conversation. My father, whose e-mailing abilities are primitive at best. My father, who dials each digit rather than program his cell phone. My father, who would sooner pick up quill and parchment than a palm pilot or Bluetooth.

My father, the new shining beacon of hipness in a media-obsessed global climate.

As it turns out, I’m not the only one who’s taking notice of this omnipresent media madness.

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My name is Garrett and I am the newest member of the web team. I am here to introduce myself, and I also to Welcome you to the newest version of the SCA blog, Conservation Nation. Making the website hum is my main duty around here, but I will also be shooting photos and taking full advantage of the water cooler.

Although I lived in Troy, NY for the last five years while in college, I grew up right across the river from here in Westminster, Vermont. Fun Charlestown fact of the day: locals have been known to call Charlestown Chuck-town, or even better, Chuck Vegas.

The North Building, SCA HQ, Charlestown, NH

Onto the blog…

Our hope with this new blog is to offer a range of content on conservation and how it relates to modern events. We will be having a very broad range of regular as well as guest authors. This could include you! Send an email to sdeacon@thesca.org if you are interested in contributing.

We have made commenting open on all posts, so have at it!

Talk amongst yourselves. I’ll give you a topic. Rhode Island, neither a road nor an island, discuss.