A New Perspective on New Hampshire's Seacoast

Meet this year's interns from The Nature Conservancy's Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future (LEAF) program!

They're all from Central Falls High School in Central Falls, RI: Aura Hernandez, Samantha Castrillon, Sharil Deleon and Nicole Medina.

In their first days, the interns are getting acquainted with the nature of New Hampshire. At the University of New Hampshire, they learned an overview of the state's forests from professor Tom Lee, also a trustee with the Conservancy's NH chapter.


They also went to Adams Point on Great Bay to learn about The Nature Conservancy's partnership for restoring oysters in Great Bay.

In the short video, the Conservancy's Restoration Coordinator Kara McKeton shows interns baby oysters (called spat), which volunteers are raising this summer around Great Bay.

In the coming days, follow along on this blog as the interns introduce themselves and discover the wilds of New Hampshire's lands and waters. They'll be fixing trails, removing invasive plants and exploring the great possibilities of working in nature!