Staff

8 01, 2024

Sam Perron

2024-03-20T20:07:21-04:00January 8th, 2024|FSI Staff, Staff|

Originally from central New Hampshire, Sam was drawn to the far north to work in NorthWoods’ Forest Stewardship Institute. He brings forestry experience drawing from his undergraduate education at Warren Wilson College near Asheville, North Carolina, as well as time spent working and playing in the New England woods (including internships with the Society for the Protection of NH Forests and Northern Forest Canoe Trail). Since graduating college in 2011, Sam has spent time working with The Nature Conservancy in Western Massachusetts and the Brattleboro Food Co-op in Vermont, giving him a view of the non-profit conservation [Read More...]

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8 01, 2024

Andy Cappello

2024-03-20T20:09:35-04:00January 8th, 2024|Education Staff, Staff|

Andy graduated from Lock Haven University with a bachelor’s degree in Recreation Management and an emphasis in outdoor recreation. His lifelong love of nature and outdoor recreational pursuits brought him to Vermont where he now resides with his wife and kids along the Mad Brook in Charleston. He first moved to central Vermont in 2006 where he led outdoor recreational pursuits connecting people with their environment through activities like hikes, paddling trips, and backpacking trips. Andy moved with his wife to Charleston in 2010 to be closer to the best outdoor [Read More...]

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8 01, 2024

Maria Young

2024-01-08T14:48:25-05:00January 8th, 2024|Staff|

Maria graduated from Middlebury College, where she majored in environmental studies. After working as Crew Leader for the Northwoods’ Kingdom Corps in 2002, Maria spent time exploring the West and the wider world. She made a home away from home in Jackson, Wyoming, where she worked as a nordic coach, interned at a Conservation Alliance, gardened, and explored the Tetons on telemark skis. Maria has led a community service trip in Costa Rica, helped build a small library high in the mountains of the Himalayas, explored outdoor recreation inside the classroom [Read More...]

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13 09, 2022

Seeding Conservation – Staff Highlight: Jessica Colby

2023-08-23T10:11:14-04:00September 13th, 2022|Conservation science, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News, Riparian Lands, Science, Staff|

Jess Colby knew since she was a kid that she wanted to work in conservation. Currently working as our Riparian Projects & Forestry Outreach Coordinator, Jess brings expertise from her degree at UVM, plus years working and volunteering with various conservation agencies and organizations to her work at NorthWoods in riparian restoration work and wildlife conservation.  One of her early introductions to the world of conservation was working with NorthWoods' YCC crew at the Pondicherry division of the Silvio O Conte NFWR as a teenager. "I've always been pretty set on [Read More...]

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2 04, 2018

Staff Spotlight: Meg Carter

2018-04-02T13:46:38-04:00April 2nd, 2018|Highlights, News, Staff|

"I have been working (or serving as an AmeriCorps member) at NorthWoods Stewardship Center for almost 7 years. The people that I've seen drawn to the organization in my time here have made a huge difference in my life and expanded the group that I call family. They are a positive influence for me and for the people they connect with through our work. The mission at NorthWoods is to bring people together and improve their lives by fostering an appreciation of natural communities and a love of the outdoors. We [Read More...]

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14 05, 2015

Staff Bare Arms for the Community Blood Drive

2016-12-13T19:11:57-05:00May 14th, 2015|Highlights, News, Staff|

On April 22nd staff headed over to the Town Hall for the Brighton Blood Drive.  A little less blood and a little more fruit juice later, these donors look like they were happy to pay back the community! Thanks Nathan, Joanna, Meg and Colleen!  

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9 09, 2014

There go Tim & Anika!

2016-12-13T19:12:02-05:00September 9th, 2014|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News, Staff|

  While the early signs of Fall are emerging around the NorthWoods campus, there are some glaring absences for those of us who make our home or have a habit of visiting here. I have been looking everywhere for flip flops tossed aside by Anika in a barefoot pursuit of some natural wonder, and I've been straining my ears to hear the notes of a ragtime tune played by Tim on his way through the lodge.  In August, Tim and Anika completed their two year terms, representing the 18th [Read More...]

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