How to Become a Land Steward

*** The Spring 2021 Online-Hybrid Land Steward Training Class is FULL - Please contact the Land Steward Program Coordinator for info about opportunities and the Fall training ***
We have transitioned the long-standing Land Steward Training to a *new* online-hybrid volunteer training program which was launched in Spring 2021. New volunteer Land Stewards are required to participate in the training program before being assigned a forest reservation.
Topics covered in the training include Forest Society organizational overview, forest management and timber harvesting, trail maintenance, map & survey reading and compass navigation, community engagement, and recreation management. Online presentations & webinars will be supplimented with in-the-field timber harvest tours, small group & one-on-one visits to a forest near you!
For more information about becoming a volunteer Land Steward, please email Zach Pearo.
We are looking for volunteers in these areas:
(This list was last updated 1/19/2021)
Hillsborough County:
- Deering - Dudley Pond Forest
- Deering - John & Anna King Forest
- Deering - Hunter Preserve (Formerly Deering Preserve)
- Wilton - VonFelsinger Forest
- New Ipswich - Nottingham Property
Merrimack County:
Cheshire County:
- Walpole - High Blue
- Stoddard - Thurston V. Williams Family Forest
- Chesterfield - Madame Sherri Forest
- Roxbury - Taves Reservation
Sullivan County:
- Washington - Farnsworth Hill Forest
Grafton County:
- Enfield - Tucker Forest
- Bethlehem - Sleeping Astronomer
Carroll Country:
- Contact us if you are interested in partnering with existing stewards on a property in Carroll County
Coos County:
- Pittsburg - Brundage Forest
There may also be opportunities on other forest reservations.
Contact the Land Steward Program Coordinator for more info about specific Forest Society Reservations