Our ideal candidate for this part-time position would have varied skills and experience in ecology, conservation, property development, trail maintenance, and mapping.

Job description: Head Steward, Sippican Lands Trust (part time position)

Work with SLT staff, Board and volunteer stewards to improve the organization of and further develop SLTs existing stewardship programs.

Work with SLT staff to coordinate, recruit, train, motivate and keep volunteer stewards for our properties.

Work to develop plans, priorities and execute management activities for our properties, such as maintaining safe and inviting trails, signage, parking, and access.

Oversee monitoring of our properties, to include property infringements, annual property reports, storm damage, maintenance needs, etc.

Help with the volunteer stewards and board; maintain positive relationships with owners of properties with SLT Conservation Easements that we monitor.

Organize and maintain files for inspection reports, projects, or other topics, assisted by SLT office staff.

The hours are flexible, expected to average one or two days a week.

 Qualifications/Skills required:

Experience in ecology, conservation, property development, trail maintenance, and mapping.

Be able to learn and be committed to the goals of the SLT.

Must be willing and able to negotiate our varied properties by foot, and able and willing to respond to occasional emergency situations such as tree or storm drainage issues that threaten abutters, and other liability issues.

Able to work with a wide range of people with tact, diplomacy and occasional firmness.

Applicants should direct their resume and cover letter to stewardship@sippicanlandstrust.org

Please direct all questions to the SLT office staff at (508) 748-3080.

Boy Scouts cleaning up Brainard Marsh

On Saturday, February 4, Boy Scout Troop#32, under the guidance and supervision of Head Steward Bill Saltonstall, along with Matthew Hlady, Senior Patrol Leader, went to town on SLT’s Brainard Marsh parcel, making it picture perfect for hikers and passersby!  

The project included leveling the trail and cutting back brush, then placing landscape fabric, six cubic yards of dense graded gravel, and two cubic yards of 3/8” pea stone on approximately 130 feet of trail. The Scouts did a great job moving the gravel and stone to the worksite by wheelbarrow. The trail should provide a firm walking surface where mud had previously been a problem for visitors to the area. They scouts, for over four hours, worked diligently clearing up the parcel and putting in a friendly walking trail.  They were there for over four hours. 

Board member, Marty Howell noted, “When I stopped by later for the “after” photo I was excited to see the walkway but even more excited about the excellent cleanup!  Wow!” 

The Scout Master for Troop #32 is Doug Breault and he can be reached at dougbreault@gmail.com. 

Please be sure to go out and visit Brainard Marsh and witness for yourself the great job this troop did!

The most unusual find was a large, ceramic insulator from one of the 14 408-foot tall wireless towers that stood on the property from 1914 to 1960. The black insulator weighs about 25 lbs., and is one of dozens that must still be scattered across the wooded 163-acre site.

The next cleanup will be on Saturday, February 25, when members and friends of the Sippican Lands Trust will do trail maintenance work at Kenny’s Landing, located at the end of Ichabod Lane in North Marion.

The work includes adding Sippican Lands Trust signs to the parcel, trail clearing as needed and cleaning up brush and storm-damaged trees near the road.

A pre-cleanup meeting will take place at 9:30 a.m. for coffee at Uncle Jon’s. People can sign up ahead of time by calling the Sippican Lands Trust office at 508-748-3080. Gloves, clippers, and waterproof footwear are suggested.

Jennifer Francis and her dad, Earl Briggs

Anne Robertson and son Nate; Earl Briggs and his daughter Jennifer Francis; Nick Grace; Alan Harris and son Sam; Kitsy and John Howard; Marty Howell; Peter Converse; Sam Saltonstall; Bill and Tinker Saltonstall; and Tim Crowley spent two hours gathering trash, tires, car parts and even leftover equipment from the old wireless towers that once stood on the property.

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