D&R Greenway Land Trust has internship programs for individuals interested in pursuing careers in the area of ecology, planning, conservation biology, botany and other subject areas. The first internship was established in memory of Neil Upmeyer, a member of the Board of Trustees of D&R Greenway Land Trust for 14 years, serving as Chairman from January 1998 to December 2001. Under his leadership, D&R Greenway Land Trust greatly expanded its capacity to preserve land. Greenway Meadows Park in Princeton is but one of the many significant properties protected under his leadership.
D&R Greenway Announces the Charles Evans
Future Conservation Leaders Award
Michael Tanis is the first Charles Evans Conservation leader
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D&R Greenway Land Trust is pleased to announce that our first Charles Evans Future Conservation Leader has completed an internship in the stewardship area. Michael Tanis is a student at Rutgers State University majoring in Ecology and Natural Resources. He is working on several urban park restoration projects with staff biologists and naturalists. Photo shown at left was taken at a restoration project at Cadwalader Park in Trenton.
Top left photo: Alice Suh, an Environmental Engineering student at Princeton University is an Upmeyer Intern. Top right photo: Michael Tanis, a Ecology and Natural Resources Major at Rutgers University is the first Charles Evans Future Conservation Leader. He is working on urban forest projects with Staff Conservation Biologist, Diana Raichel. Bottom left photo: Eric Teitelbaum, a Chemical Engineering student at Princeton University is an Upmeyer Intern this summer. Bottom right photo: Ralph Conserva, a Marketing and Operations Major at Boston University, is an intern working on marketing and public relations.
Background on The Upmeyer Internship
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In Neil Upmeyer's memory, D&R Greenway Land Trust has established
The Upmeyer Internship in Land Preservation & Stewardship at the Johnson Education Center. Spearheaded by his good friend Jim Amon and funded by the generosity of Neil's friends and colleagues, the Upmeyer Internship is made available to graduate and undergraduate college students. Under the guidance of an advisor, the intern will dedicate 100 hours to a
project in land preservation
Neil Upmeyer was Chairman of D&R Greenway's Board of Directors from 1998 to 2001. He and his wife Mimi Upmeyer were lifelong conservationists who died much too young. Their spirit lives on at D&R Greenway and the Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance.
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or stewardship. The intern's final report will be presented in a public forum at the Johnson Education Center. The intern receives a stipend and an invitation to attend all educational programs at the Johnson Education Center for a year.
This living legacy creates the next generation of land preservationists to follow in Neil's footsteps. Every Upmeyer intern is given an experience that we hope will transfer Neil Upmeyer's generosity, dedication, insight, and leadership to a new generation of environmental leaders.
The
Neil Upmeyer Partnership Room at the Johnson Education Center was established
Tiffany So, a recent Masters Degree Graduate at Rutgers University, continues to be part of the D&R Greenway team during the summer of 2010.
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in Neil's memory. The room was a gift of Robert and Stephanie Harris. The Neil Upmeyer Partnership Room provides meeting space and techinical and administrative support to our many partner organizations.
Internships are considered on an ongoing basis. For more information, please contact Jim Amon at 609.924.4646, ext. 124.
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