by Erin Feeney | Aug 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dear Supporters of the New Canaan Land Trust: And just like that – our season with the Summer Stewards is over! During the past nine weeks, ten interns maintained trails across our properties, accomplished many building projects, and learned about the...
by Erin Feeney | Aug 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dear New Canaan Land Trust Supporters: We’re nearing the end! Despite the wilting heat, Beni, Alex, and Matt have maintained great attitudes and been hard workers all week. For the second week in a row, we started our Monday off with a talk from an NCLT friend....
by Erin Feeney | Aug 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dear New Canaan Land Trust supporters: This marks the halfway point for our second session of Summer Stewards. During our second week together, Matt, Alex & Beni helped me with a lot of varied projects on several properties. Our week began on Monday at the...
by Erin Feeney | Jul 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dear New Canaan Land Trust supporters: Our flex week and first week of the second session just wrapped up. I have a feeling the next three weeks are going to fly by! For the second session, we welcomed Matt, Alex, and Beni. All three of them have proven to be...
by New Canaan Land Trust Team | Jul 27, 2021 | Summer Steward Internship
Occasional rainy days force our Summer Steward Interns indoors, but we make the most of those days too! On one such day during session one, we asked our interns to write a short essay about any one of the topics that they discussed during the internship program, and...
by Erin Feeney | Jul 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dear New Canaan Land Trust supporters: Can you believe it? Session one is done! Beau, James, Adriana, Avery, and Lauren knocked it out of the park this week. They all really stepped it up for our last week together and had great attitudes and work performance every...
by Erin Feeney | Jul 9, 2021 | Summer Steward Internship
Dear New Canaan Land Trust supporters: Week three was a short one filled with high heat, a holiday, and a hurricane. After a day off on Monday, the crew started at Fowler on Tuesday. We have been taking the first part of the morning at most properties to do a...
by Erin Feeney | Jul 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dear New Canaan Land Trust supporters: In my Wildland Fire Program at school back in Wisconsin, a lot of emphasis is put on the value and importance of regular briefings and debriefings. Debriefing after an action-packed day is way to reflect and evaluate how things...
by Erin Feeney | Jun 26, 2021 | Summer Steward Internship
A message to all of our New Canaan Land Trust supporters: It is an honor for me to be able to update you on how the Summer Steward Internship is going. As a New Canaan native, it feels really good to be home and I feel so fortunate to be able to share my knowledge and...
by New Canaan Land Trust Team | Jun 10, 2021 | NCHS Internship Program
Written by Peter Vigano After a successful National Trails Day event on Saturday in which we installed many raised walkways and lined the trails at Colhoun Preserve (much thanks to everyone who participated!), we had a well-deserved Monday off. We got right back into...
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