Forest Society Conservation Corps
Now Recruiting
Join staff and volunteer land stewards on group workdays at Forest Society reservations around the state. Projects vary but may include trail construction and/or maintenance, building drainages or footbridges, picking up trash and dumped items, improving habitat, opening views, clearing field edges, or maintaining infrastructure like gates and signs.
Skills/Qualifications: Ability to work outside in a range of terrain and environmental conditions, use hand tools. Previous trail maintenance experience welcome but not necessary. Volunteers under 16 must be accompanied by an adult parent or guardian.
Location: Various field locations across New Hampshire. Some worksites are miles from the trailhead, others are just a few steps away.
Training: On site on-the-job via Forest Society staff or land steward workday leader. We provide you the tools and techniques needed to get the job done.
Commitment/Hours: Informal/Occasional - those interested in Conservation Corps will be put on email workday list to be notified about upcoming workdays. Participation is always optional, and only if your schedule allows. Typical workdays are 5-8 hours.
Groups looking to volunteer: With advanced notice, our staff can typically find something for your group to accomplish together. We offer a handful of annual scheduled volunteer events such as Earth Day Clean-up @ Mount Major in the spring and Monadnock Trails Week in July. These are welcome opportunities for your group or co-workers to get out into the forests to volunteer for a day.
The best way to stay up to date on upcoming volunteer opportunities and events is through the monthly volunteer e-newsletter and checking our events page.
Volunteer Land Stewards
Now Recruiting
Volunteer Land Stewards receive comprehensive training to help steward one of our Forest Reservations. Land Stewards act as caretakers of our properties, maintaining trails, removing litter, posting signage, etc. They also monitor signs of use and boundary lines, and act as liaisons to the community. Becoming a Land Steward requires comprehensive training. For more information about the Land Steward Program, visit our Land Steward page.
Skills/Qualifications: Must be willing and able to walk/navigate on a forest reservation (on and off-trail) and perform basic stewardship tasks. Access to computer for our online training and online monitoring report system is required, email correspondence is preferred. Some knowledge of conservation, land stewardship, and forestry helpful but not entirely necessary. Must live within 20 miles of a Forest Society reservation that is in need of a steward, and be willing to complete a mandatory online-hybrid training.
Training: * New hybrid training sessions are currently being offered for the Land Steward Program and held in Feb - April each year.
Location: In the field, at a Forest Reservation - CLICK HERE to view up-to-date Forest Reservations in need of stewardship
Commitment/Hours: A good faith commitment to steward a property for 3+ years, suggested 4 visits per year.
Contact Laurel Swope-Brush to learn about volunteer openings and training opportunities