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.
They Made It!
We are thrilled to introduce two new faces joining the Squam Lakes Conservation Society team this summer — meet Maggie Murdock and Hailey Sullivan!
As AmeriCorps members, Maggie and Hailey will be out in the field and at the heart of our conservation work all season long. You might spot them monitoring conservation easements alongside our dedicated volunteers, carrying out land management activities, supporting new land acquisition projects, and conducting field assessments. They’ll also be getting experience writing baseline documentation reports and helping to identify areas of special conservation value around Squam.
It’s not all behind-the-scenes work — Maggie and Hailey will also be leading programs and making appearances at public events throughout the summer, so there will be plenty of opportunities to meet them in person.
When you see them out on the trails, at the water, or at one of our events, give them a big Squam welcome. These two are going to be busy bees — and we couldn’t be more excited to have them on the team! 🐝
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.”
