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  • Wildflowers in Our Backyards

    Stacie Hernandez
    May 26, 2020

    Spring ephemeral is the term used for many of New Hampshire's wildflowers that show off in the spring and then move on to a different life cycle where they wither away back underground after going through a reproductive phase. The short definition is growing over a short amount of time.

  • Volunteer Easement Monitoring Program Expands

    Emily Landry
    February 25, 2020

    To help the Easement Stewardship team monitor thousands of acres of conservation properties, the Volunteer Easement Monitoring Program (VEMP) was started in 2016. Since then, the program has been gradually expanding.

  • Wildlife Habitat Restoration in NH Forests

    Stacie Hernandez
    December 18, 2019

    When you imagine a forest that is full of wildlife, you may imagine a forest that consists of really old and large trees. However, the largest ...

What’s New in the Easement Stewardship Department?

Naomi Brattlof
August 20, 2019
Conservation Easements
Easement Stewardship staff (from left): Abraham Ames, Connie Colton, Emily Landry , Naomi Houle, Stacie Powers, Zach Pearo.

Summertime is always quite busy for the Forest Society’s Easement Stewardship staff--it's the time of year when we are out in the field monitoring many of the more than 700 conservation easements held by the Forest Society on land owned by others. This summer we have had quite a few changes in our department and wanted to share some of them with you.

Two easement staff members moved on from their positions--Matt Scaccia took a position as the Forest Society's Recreation Manager, and Reagan Bissonnette, Director of Easement Stewardship, left to become the Executive Director of the Northeast Resource Recovery Association.

In response, the stewardship team (Abraham, Naomi and Zach) decided they could work together to fill their departing leader’s role. Naomi, who had been taking on managerial tasks since the start of her career at the Forest Society, was given the opportunity to lead the Easement Stewardship team as the new Easement Stewardship Manager. With Zach and Abraham’s support, Naomi began the search for the team’s two new staff members. Meanwhile, Abraham was promoted to Senior Easement Steward and took on additional stewardship tasks.

As summer approached, the newly organized Easement Stewardship team worked to hire two new stewards who could hit the ground running. The hiring process was competitive –an incredible number of qualified professionals applied for our two open Easement Steward positions. We are pleased to introduce Emily Landry and Stacie Powers – the newest additions to our team! Emily comes to us with experience monitoring lands for the Squam Lakes Conservation Society as well as field experience working for the Loon Preservation Committee. She is the Easement Steward for our mid-state region. Stacie comes to us with experience monitoring easements for Southeast Land Trust of NH as well as Strafford County Conservation District. She is the Easement Steward for the southeast region.

You may have noticed that I have been referring to the easement stewardship staff a team. That’s because the stewards here really do rely on their team. There is no way they could accomplish the diligent monitoring of over 750 Conservation Easements and Deed Restricted properties throughout New Hampshire every year without doing so. The stewardship staff (four full-time Easement Stewards, one Manager and one Land Protection and Stewardship Coordinator) share questions, ideas, suggestions and tips all day every day. There is rarely a day that goes by that our most common phrase, “Thank you, Connie” (our Land Protection and Stewardship Coordinator), is not spoken. We share monitoring responsibilities where necessary and assist each other with improving our efficiencies in technology, reporting, and landowner communications. And our teamwork enables us to be a resource to stewardship staff at other land trusts through NH and New England.

Please welcome our new and improved Forest Society Easement Stewardship TEAM!

See Conservation Easement Steward Service Regions Map for a color-coded breakdown of service regions.

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