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![Elyse Scott is pictured in her kayak.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/Summer%2520staff%2520elyse.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=MnCFXHCQ)
Forest Society Welcomes Seasonal Staff
Meet the interns and seasonal staff that you'll see at our reservations this summer and fall.
- Tags:
- Stewardship,
- Forestry,
- Recreation
![A view from Creek Farm in Portsmouth.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/Creek%2520Farm%25200806%2520034.jpg?h=46ed13b4&itok=57pzijfu)
New Faces at the Forest Society
Join us in welcoming Sarah Kern and Jack Minich to the Forest Society. Sarah is the new Creek Farm Education Program Coordinator and Jack is a Conservation Easement Steward.
- Tags:
- Stewardship,
- Creek Farm
![Forest Society staff and volunteers pose in the parking lot at Mt Major with a truck full of collected trash behind them.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/Mt%2520Major_Earth%2520Day_Spring_staff%2520crew_AnnaBerry_4-22-01.jpg?h=5bf672e5&itok=Or4drS8-)
Greening Up Mount Major on Earth Day
Despite the freezing temperatures, a hearty group of volunteers took part in the Forest Society's annual cleanup at Mount Major and left the trails pristine.
- Tags:
- Recreation,
- Stewardship
![](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/TomRush_ChestnutOrchard_Volunteers_20190626_EmilyLord-6142_0.jpg?h=b647a520&itok=LZdRXMjk)
Chestnut Orchard Volunteers Recognized for Service
Forest Society volunteers were honored with 2020 Spirit of New Hampshire awards, presented by Volunteer NH.
- Tags:
- Volunteers,
- Stewardship
![Green apples glisten with morning dew.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/RESIZED%2520green%2520apples.%2520Photo%2520Karla%2520Salathe.jpg?h=66b6f79f&itok=o1bJKhTG)
Apples, Acorns Aplenty!
Foresters, wildlife biologists and homeowners are watching a strong year for the development of the forest foods that will ripen into autumn apples, acorns and even a good pine seed crop in New Hampshire forests. Fruit trees and oak forests with acorns are THE supermarkets of the forest.
- Tags:
- Stewardship,
- Wildlife
![Volunteers and staff standing in front of trees](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/group%2520photo.jpg?h=c4bb3a06&itok=SZvd2U7Q)
Volunteer Easement Monitoring Program Expands
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.