SUPPORTING THE COMMUINITY
Wildlands Trust provides support and mentoring for groups throughout Southeastern Massachusetts, whether it be through mentoring local Eagle Scout candidates on their service projects, assisting local college students with community projects, or helping a group organize a property clean-up. We provide support and assistance to local scout troops, science and environmental clubs, leadership groups, and more, to help grow their interests in nature and connections with their local environment.
During the summer, Wildlands Trust provides employment and training opportunities for high school and college students interested in natural resource careers. In these pre-professional training opportunities young people work alongside our professional staff on everything from property management to graphic design and administration. These opportunities change each summer based on need. Summer 2024 positions have been filled.
Wildlands Trust also offers groups of teens and young adults with social and/or physical challenges the support and opportunity to experience the outdoors. The benefits of being outdoors in a natural environment are just as or even more important to these groups, but the experience needs to be tailored to meet the group’s needs. Programs for groups have included gardening, scavenger hunts, naturalist-led walks and picnics, animal tracking and photography workshops.
In November of 2016, Cameron Pettiford of Brockton organized a community scavenger hunt for families to experience nature and explore new trails at Wildlands Trust's Brockton Audubon Preserve. Check out the video, made by Aaron Thibeault of The Brockton Channels.
For more information, contact:
Max Phelps
Programming Coordinator
mphelps@wildlandstrust.org
