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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 ...

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.
map of NH Forest Society easement steward regions

Click here to view the map as a pdf.

OUR TEAM

Abraham Ames poses in the forest outside of the Conservation Center.Abraham Ames

Easement Steward
aames@forestsociety.org
 

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. 

 

Emily Landry poses in the forest on a bridge.Emily Landry

Easement Steward
elandry@forestsociety.org
 

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.

 

Zach Pearo poses outside the Conservation Center in summer.
Zach Pearo, Easement Steward at the Forest Society
Zach Pearo

Easement Steward
zpearo@forestsociety.org

 

Zach grew up in the Lake Champlain region of northern New York and Vermont. He relocated to Keene, New Hampshire in 2011 and prior to accepting a position with the Forest Society, Zach successfully owned and operated his own massage therapy practice for seven years. Zach graduated from Keene State College in 2017 with a BA in Geography and a minor in Environmental Sciences. During school, Zach held an internship with the Monadnock Conservancy as an easement steward, published a professional article, and was a teacher assistant in the Geography department. 

Zach currently care-takes on a small farm with his two dogs in Nelson, NH.  He enjoys horseback riding, hikes with his dogs, canoeing, exploring new National Parks, and woodworking in his spare time.

 

Stacie Powers poses in the woods outside of the Conservation Center.
Stacie Powers, Easement Steward at the Forest Society
Stacie Hernandez

Easement Steward
shernandez@forestsociety.org

 

Stacie grew up in southeast New Hampshire in a small town. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire where she studied environmental and wildlife conservation. Stacie has worked with a wide array of environmental organizations and served a year in the Washington Conservation Corps with the King Conservation District in Seattle, Washington where she educated adults and children on the importance of natural resource management. In her position prior to joining the Forest Society, Stacie worked as a land steward for the Southeast Land Trust where she monitored conservation easements. 

Stacie currently resides in Dover, NH and serves as the conservation easement steward for the southeast region of New Hampshire. On the weekends you can find her tending to livestock, hiking in the Whites, or improving her ever-growing gardens.

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