Northeast Wilderness Trust

Next Wild & Connected Event: Boquet River

jesser — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:48:27 +0000

Come explore the ever-changing landscape along the Boquet River in New York’s Champlain Valley! Ecologist and botanist Elizabeth Thompson will lead us through these riparian natural communities and help us discover their role in providing connected habitat for plants and animals. Director of Conservation Science for the Vermont Land Trust and co-author of Wetland, Woodland, Wildland: A Guide to the Natural Communities of Vermont, Liz Thompson also helped start Vermont’s Natural Heritage Program. This outing will take place on Saturday, May 19, from 10 am to 2 pm, and pre-registration is required. More details about Riparian Buffers: Natural Corridors for Wild Nature.

Position Openings

jesser — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:28:06 +0000

Northeast Wilderness Trust is looking for a couple of highly-qualified, motivated individuals to join our team. We have two position openings: Conservation Director and Office/Operations Manager. We offer a dynamic, flexible work environment at our Bristol, VT office. Our small staff and dedicated board are passionate about protecting wild places.

Conservation Director duties include stewardship of conserved lands, coordination of land protection projects, and outreach/education.

Office/Operations Manager duties include implementing and overseeing efficient office systems, database management, record maintenance, and fundraising support.

Please view full job descriptions below. Both positions are negotiable to full or part time. Applications due Friday, April 27.

Conservation Director (pdf)

Office/Operations Manager (pdf)

Wild & Connected Series Continues

jesser — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:10:30 +0000

Green Frog (©Larry Master; www.masterimages.org)

In late January, Susan Morse gave a dynamic talk on bobcats with more than 75 people in attendance. A local guide and sportsman who attended the event in Whallonsburg, NY wrote an article entitled “Cat Talk on a Cold Day” about our conservation efforts in the eastern Adirondacks.

Next up is an outdoor exploration of amphibians! Please join Dr. Dave Patrick of Paul Smith’s College as we learn about the ecology of the region’s frogs and salamanders, as well as the threats facing these sensitive creatures. We’ll head out with flashlights in the evening to see what we can find. The program will take place in the Essex, NY area. Learn more about this event on April 28.

March eNews

jesser — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:39:44 +0000

Did you receive our March eNewsletter? In it, we announce a new land protection project in the Split Rock Wildway and more. Check it out here!

Slideshow of 2012 Projects

jesser — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:00:42 +0000

The Trust has many exciting land conservation projects in the works for 2012. Click here to view a slideshow of some of these beautiful wild places and the people who are helping us protect them!

The Gift of Nature

jesser — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:24:58 +0000

This year, the winter solstice–the official start of winter and lengthening daylight–occurs on December 22. No matter what holiday we celebrate this time of year, the season can often feel more hectic than it should. Have you taken the time to reflect on the beauty and bounty of the earth this season? Have you taken a moment to consider helping the organizations that are working to protect wild nature? As the only land trust in the Northeast that conserves land as Forever Wild, the Northeast Wilderness Trust relies on end-of-year donations to do this important work. Since our founding in 2002, we’ve protected 18 properties, and all of those 8,000+ acres provide crucial wildlife habitat, sequester carbon, sustain biodiversity–and perpetuate beauty.

Please make a gift today. Your donation will help us move forward with land projects in Maine, New Hampshire, and New York and allow us to develop additional wildland protection initiatives across the region. We are always happy to earmark gifts for a specific place or project, so please include any such requests when making your gift. Thank you so much for your support!

Click here to read our fall 2011 letter from Board President Tom Butler.

Wild and Connected Series in New York

jesser — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:22:17 +0000

Alcott Smith explains to the field walk participants some of the ways that wildlife prepare for winter.

On December 10, expert naturalist Alcott Smith led 18 people on an all-day field foray into a wild area in the Split Rock Wildway in eastern New York. The group walked on the Beaver Flow Trail, explored the surrounding forest, and ended on the Black Kettle Trail at Black Kettle Farm. They found sign of beaver and bear, learned about how animals adapt to survive through winter, and gleaned many interesting facts from Alcott’s knowledge of natural history.

The field day was part of Wild and Connected, a series of walks and talks organized by the Northeast Wilderness Trust and co-sponsored by Champlain Area Trails.

The next event, “Wild & Wonderfully Near Us: Bobcat Recovery in the Champlain Valley,” will take place on Thursday, January 26 at 7:00 pm at the Whallonsburg Grange in Whallonsburg, NY. Wildlife expert Susan Morse of Keeping Track will give a slideshow and talk about bobcats. Come learn more about these beautiful spotted wildcats whose populations are reviving across our region.

Piscataquis Preserve Phase 2

jesser — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:09:41 +0000

The Northeast Wilderness Trust continues to work towards conservation of 2,300 acres—over 3.5 square miles—of beautiful forests, wetlands, and streams in Atkinson, Maine. Once the details of the purchase are worked out with the sellers, and the final $700,000 is raised for the project, these lands will be protected as Forever Wild and added to the 20,000-acre matrix of wildlands, timberlands, and farmland that are already protected in the area. We are thrilled to report that a $1 million North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant was awarded to this project earlier this year because of the land’s extraordinary ecological values and national importance to migratory waterfowl and other wildlife.

Conservation Director Attends Rally

jesser — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:16:53 +0000

NWT Conservation Director Rose Graves was one of 1,400 conservation leaders who attended Rally 2011: The National Land Conservation Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on October 13-16. Rose was excited to attend her first Rally and to learn the “ins and outs” of conservation easements from land trust experts. “It was great to network among the land trust community and to meet and get ideas from people who have been doing this work for a very long time,” said Rose. The Northeast Wilderness Trust received scholarship funds to help cover Rose’s registration fees.

The theme of this year’s Rally was “Connecting Communities for the Future of Conservation,” and Rose noted that the keynote by Will Allen, founder of Growing Power, was particularly inspiring. She also noted that when one orders a Bloody Mary in Milwaukee, it comes with cheese in it–and according to Rose, this is good. Well then… thanks for the report, Rose!

Annual Report

admin — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:00:53 +0000

We like Sue Morse's bobcat photo so much that not only is it on the cover of the annual report, we’re also printing a poster of this image! Contact us if you'd like to receive a poster.

Our first-ever annual report is hot off the press. The report reviews our conservation accomplishments in 2010 and looks ahead to upcoming projects. Along with stunning photos, the annual report includes a map, descriptions of major projects completed last year, a profile of easement donors David and CC White, letters from the board president and executive director, and more.

We’re pleased to share this retrospective with you and hope you’ll take a look. And please contact us if you’d like us to send you—or a friend—a hard copy.

Download the NWT 2010 Annual Report (PDF)