We have three full-time regional stewardship managers on staff, as well as Director of Easement Stewardship Naomi Brattlof.
See the map below to determine which Regional Stewardship Mnager is the contact for your area and biographical information for each staff member at the bottom.
OUR TEAM
Brie Belisle
Regional Stewardship Manager
As a Regional Stewardship Manager, Brie Belisle is responsible for ensuring the conservation values of protected properties are being upheld according to the terms of the deed. To accomplish this, the stewards monitor properties in person and through the use of aerial imaging technology. Brie also brings skills from her past work experiences in forest and agricultural planning to the team.
Before joining the Forest Society in October 2022, Brie worked in conservation planning with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. She worked with southern NH landowners to identify resource concerns and implement practices to improve and promote soil, water, air, plant, and wildlife health and diversity. She has worked towards NH’s state initiative programs from the New England Cottontail to the Great Bay Oyster Restoration projects.
When not working Brie can be found tending to her vegetable garden or studying women’s health and birth research to advance her professional knowledge as a Birth Doula.
Jack Minich
Regional Stewardship Manager
As a Regional Stewardship Manager, Jack is responsible for ensuring the conservation values of protected properties are being upheld according to the terms of the deed. To accomplish this, the stewards monitor properties in person and through the use of aerial imaging technology. Jack also brings skills from his past work experiences in invasive plant management to the team.
Before joining the Forest Society in May 2021, Jack worked in education, trails and environmental restoration positions from the North Woods of Minnesota to the Austrian Alps to the Mojave Desert in southern California. Most recently hailing from Minneapolis, MN, where he led a youth development trail crew, Jack moved with his family to southwest New Hampshire in 2019 to continue his Masters in Conservation Biology at Antioch University-New England and work in conservation in southern Vermont.
When not working, Jack can be found running the trails in the conserved Andorra Forest or on his mountain bike linking together Class VI roads across southwest New Hampshire.
John Plummer
Regional Stewardship Manager
As a Regional Stewardship Manager, John is responsible for ensuring the conservation values of protected properties are being upheld according to the terms of the deed. To accomplish this, stewards monitor properties in person and through the use of aerial imaging technology.
Before joining the Forest Society, John served in AmeriCorps at conservation non-profits across New England. He has managed volunteer trail projects on the Long Trail in Vermont and water quality projects on the Squam Lakes in New Hampshire. John was inspired to work in conservation during his 2017 hike of the Appalachian Trail, which he completed after leaving a job in the corporate world. When not at work, John can be found skiing and running in the White Mountains with his partner Sophie.