PRLC is currently seeking enthusiastic applicants for the three available openings. See our Internships for more information and how to apply.

There was reason to celebrate on the evening of Monday, August 20th as this marked the official end of the first summer internship program run by the Pound Ridge Land Conservancy. Members of the PRLC board, family and friends of our summer interns and some community members gathered at the Armstrong House Education Center to applause the 7 interns’ summer of hard work. The interns presented their summer projects to the audience and fielded questions regarding their experience.

Summer intern Gustavo S. showing an audience at the Armstrong House Education Center what he learned about transplanting live ferns

The summer internship program was designed to provide high school and college- aged students experience with real life conservation problems. Under the mentorship of the PRLC’s Land Steward/ Educator, interns grappled with independent projects – from designing and constructing a new chicken coop to early morning wildlife surveys – and produced tangible products used to further the mission of the PRLC. For example, Dana Biddle from South Salem produced a 3-D photo gallery of the Armstrong Preserve’s vernal pool, which we now use as an educational tool on our website. Another intern, Matthew Fuirst from Chappaqua, produced a map of the Armstrong Preserve’s natural communities (see below), which will appear in the forthcoming Armstrong Preserve Conservation Management Plan.

See our internship page for detailed profiles of the work of our summer 2012 interns. We wish them the best of luck!

Tate’s blog, Living Lighter on the Land (athomeinnature.blogspot.com), has recently been invited to join the Nature Blog Network and Gest Green Blogs.com. In their own words the Nature Blog Network is ‘the nexus for the nature blog community…the portal through which readers and publishers a like can locate the very best nature blogs on the net.’

Once at the Nature Blog Network or Best Green Blogs website, users are introduced to new blogs a number of different ways: the most visited blogs are showcased in their own section, while random blogs are profiled and highlighted daily. Both sites are free to use and make searching for new reading material a snap. Becoming a network member is testimony to the success of Tate’s blog so far and is will supply it a continuing new readership.