Contacting Your Easement Steward
We have four full-time easement stewards on staff, as well as an easement steward manager and coordinator who splits their time between land protection and stewardship.
See the map below to determine which easement steward is the contact for your area and biographical information for each staff member at the bottom.
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OUR TEAM
As an Easement Steward, Abraham 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. He also customizes software applications to ensure the department is up to date on the technology available to accomplish our goals efficiently.
Abraham grew up in the hills of the southern Berkshires, fostering a connection to land, nature, and conservation. He studied these fields at Green Mountain College in VT, and earned a B.A. in Environmental Policy. After a position with the Berkshire Natural Resources Council in western Massachusetts, Abraham continued practicing land stewardship with a local land trust, while managing invasive plants with Native Habitat Restoration. Abraham still enjoys volunteering to assist paddling and river clean-up trips in that area, as well as maintaining a connection to a number of small farms.
Abraham practices a variety of outdoor activities. An amateur wildlife and landscape photographer, he likes getting out on trails and boats (especially if they have sails) in the summer, while skiing and animal tracking during winters. Exploring wild-lands is always a favorite pass-time.
As an Easement Steward, Emily 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. She is also our VEMP (Volunteer Easement Monitoring Program) coordinator.
Emily grew up in Berlin, NH where her passion for the outdoors began. She attended the University of New Hampshire and earned a B.S. in Wildlife and Conservation Biology. During college, she worked with moose, biotoxins, and as a summer loon biologist for the Loon Preservation Committee. After graduation, she completed an AmeriCorps term with Squam Lakes Conservation Society which introduced her to the world of land conservation. Emily has now been with the Forest Society since 2019.
As an Easement Steward, Stacie 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. Stacie also assists in leading educational programing in her region and keeps the departments data organized and up to date.
Stacie joined the Forest Society in 2019 after working for the Southeast Land Trust and King Conservation District in Seattle, Washington. She resides in Deering and enjoys the abundance of outdoor recreation. Her favorite go-to Forest Society property is the High Five Reservation.
Jack Minich
Easement Steward
As an Easement Steward, 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.