AmeriCorps at SLCS
2024 AmeriCorps members, Michaela Duda and Sarah Burtnik with ALCS Stewardship Director, Katie Currie-Huggard maintaining Doublehead Preserve view site.
2023 AmeriCorps member Erika Looman with fellow SLA AmeriCorps renovating the cabin on Hersey Mountain.
2022 AmeriCorps members, Emily and Emerson (M&M for short) keeping the view at Doublehead looking amazing.
2021 AmeriCorps members Cat and Skye putting in some miles to conduct some of our annual easement monitoring.
Squam Lakes Conservation Society is Proud to Partner with Lakes Region Conservation Corps...
as an AmeriCorps host site, currently hosting two half term members.The Lakes Region Conservation Corps (LRCC) is a New Hampshire AmeriCorps state service program supporting the mission of eight local conservation non-profits. AmeriCorps members help advance the mission of their individual host site while developing skills and experiences necessary for a career in conservation through hands-on training and service learning. Service opportunities include community engagement through environmental education and volunteer opportunities, to water quality monitoring and environmental restoration, trail maintenance, conservation easement monitoring and so much more. LRCC AmeriCorps are the driving force behind many of the conservation efforts of the New Hampshire Lakes Region and beyond.
Recruitment for the 2027 Americorps position will begin in January. Once again we will be offering two half-term positions. Stay tuned for more details.
They are really getting things done.
As AmeriCorps members, Maggi and Hailey have been busy contributing to the heart of our conservation work all season long. They monitored more than 50 conservation easements, worked alongside our dedicated volunteers to carry out land management tasks, supported baseline documentation and helped to identify areas of special conservation value around Squam.
These early career professionals were not afraid to try new things and jump right in to execute the day-to-day work of our landtrust. From installing bridges and picnic table, to tabling at events and training as FEMA response teams they built skills and provided service extending beyond Squam.
We have enjoyed learning and working alongside Maggi and Hailey, but we know they will soon be fledging the nest.
One of our current staff members, Emily Landry, started her professional career as an AmeriCorps member, and her story is a testament to how meaningful these opportunities are. Emily shares:
“The day after I graduated with my bachelor’s degree in May 2018, I drove up to Squam Lake for the first time to start a 5 month AmeriCorps term with the Lakes Region Conservation Corps (LRCC) at the Squam Lakes Conservation Society (SLCS).
That summer, I was able to get hands-on land conservation experience right out of college. I learned the inner workings of SLCS and land trusts in general, built connections to the Squam community and other AmeriCorps members, and developed the skills I needed to continue my career in conservation. Within a year after finishing my AmeriCorps term, I landed my “first real job” as a regional stewardship manager for the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.
Now, almost seven years after seeing Squam Lake for the first time, I’m sitting at my desk as the land acquisition director for SLCS, looking out my office window at Squam Lake and reflecting on how AmeriCorps laid the foundation of my career. I am a conservation professional in the land trust world and I credit that to my AmeriCorps term at SLCS.”
In partnership with Squam Lakes Association, manager of the Lakes Region Conservation Corps and grant funded through Volunteer, NH.