Get Involved With Northeast Wilderness Trust
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to Delia Delongchamp.
Volunteer Volunteers are crucial to NWT’s land protection efforts. And there are almost as many ways to contribute your time and energy as there are reasons for caring about northeastern wilderness conservation. Current volunteer opportunities are listed below. To learn more about any of these activities, or to volunteer, please call or email us: 617.742.0628 or info@newildernesstrust.org Do you love to hike? Do you have great field skills? Are you looking for a way to enjoy MORE wilderness? The Northeast Wilderness Trust is currently looking for monitors for several properties. Monitors serve as on-the-ground field assistants, observing the condition of properties and reporting conditions back to the Land Protection Coordinator, conveying appreciation for the land, responding to questions about the stewardship program, and serving as a liaison between landowners and the Northeast Wilderness Trust. We are looking for teams of two people for our Alder Stream Property (Dover-Foxcroft area), Wapack Wilderness Property (New Ipswich/Rindge, New Hampshire), and Howland Research Forest (Howland/Edinburgh Maine). Experience in monitoring is not necessary, but a background in hiking, guiding, or outdoor work is helpful. Must be available at least one day a year and comfortable hiking in remote areas. Please contact Delia Delongchamp, Land Protection Coordinator, for more information at (617) 742 0628 or delia@newildernesstrust.org. See you in the woods!
Leading Outdoor Programs: Do you enjoy sharing your knowledge and love of the natural world with others? Lead a field trip for kids or adults to one of NWT’s conserved properties to look at birds, wildflowers, wildlife signs, or some other aspect of a site’s ecology and explore its land use history. NWT can provide logistical support, event promotion, and registration. Town Land Records Research: One way to help stitch together wildlife corridors as well as build NWT's membership – is to notify neighbors when we conserve an adjacent property. Volunteers can help us identify these abutting landowners by collecting information from town tax maps and public lists, records and deeds. Photographing Conserved Lands: If you have a camera and an eye for composition, you can help us by visiting recently conserved properties and taking photos for use in NWT’s mailings, publications, slides shows, and website. NWT Information Table: Help us spread the word! Travel to fairs, farmers’ markets, and other special events throughout the Northeast to help us manage literature tables and do community outreach. Those who are willing to volunteer their time in support of NWT can make excellent spokespersons. Friendraising Events: Do you like to throw a party? Among NWT’s most effective membership building tools are the gatherings hosted by NWT members in their homes to introduce us to friends and neighbors. You provide the food and drink; we do the talking. This is one of the best ways you can help build understanding and support for land conservation in your community! Community Membership Liaison: Help NWT build its membership base in your community. Once a year, we’ll ask you to send us 10 names and addresses of people in your community who you think would be likely supporters of NWT’s work. Thanks for your support, we could not do it without you!
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