Foot and Paddle: Return to Perham Stream for “Opening Day”

Opening day? No, and yes. This is not a fly-fishing article, and the calendar does nor register April 1. But I have made my way to Perham Stream, on a rain-washed day, for festivities to mark the official opening of the Perham Stream Trail in East Madrid, now under the new ownership and management of Franklin County’s High Peaks Alliance. After five generations of ownership by the Carson Hinckley family, this rolling field and forest land, bordered by raucous Perham Stream, and cross-crossed by a 2.5-mile walking trail system, is to be open to public access in perpetuity. Also knownRead More