“It’s never-ending: I’m cold, jacket on. I’m hot, jacket off. Oh, snap, it’s cold, jacket on. Repeat until I am off the trail.”

“I have now been serving with Green Mountain for a over a month and have felt a great weight lifted off of me.”

“I cannot deny my deficient southern tolerance to the cruel northeast cold.”

“In my varied adventures in the world of nature conservation, one thing remains consistent: the people working in conservation are always welcoming, kind, and willing to share experiences and stories.”

“I came into my first term with the Squam Lakes Association only mostly knowing what I was walking into.”

“The sun was setting on one end of the lake and the moon was rising on the other, and it quickly became one of those “This is awesome, I can’t believe this is my life!” kind of moments.”

“I have no conception of time because my day of arrival feels like yesterday, but it also feels like months ago.”

“I’d rather be here than in an office. That was in large part the thought that drove me back to school for conservation work in the first place”

“As my time in New Hampshire draws to an end, I think back to all the things I had an opportunity to achieve.”

“If I went back in time to the beginning of my term at the SLA and told myself that I’d be the first to finish the Ridge Race, I’d think I was joking. But by August I would’ve proved myself right.”