Sorry for the hiatus in posting- I've got some catching up to do! I've been very busy the last month or so planning for the 2011 Land Steward CORE Training, which just finished up this past weekend. Twenty seven newly minted Land Stewards now join the ranks of the roughly 85 of you already out there and active on your reservations. Join me in welcoming them please!
We had a great class this year, with folks from all corners of the state... from Wilton to Somersworth to Cornish to Milan and everywhere in between. The training was held at Geneva Point Center in Moultonborough- a lovely setting right on Lake Winnipesaukee with lots of trails and acres of woods for outdoor learning activities. And most importantly, there was a huge screened in porch with a fireplace (no rain! no bugs!) to get to know each other around in the evenings.
As it has the previous few years, the curriculum included forest management, trail maintenance, map/compass/boundary monitoring, community engagement, and recreation management. This year we were able to visit a few recently harvested forests as well to round out the training and give people a better idea of how and why the Forest Society conducts timber harvets on its lands. We are really excited for the new steward class to get started and hope they have been energized by the training weekend!
Excited to be able to have a part in the Forest Society mission of protecting our forests for nature, recreation and sustainable resources! You guys were great!! I will be steward of the Moose Mountains Reservation in Middleton and Brookfield. Read about this wonderful 2300 acre property on my blog :) http://hikethesummits.blogspot.com/2011/05/spnhf-moose-mountains-land-steward.html
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