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NORWAY — Kelly Hodgkins, of Greenwood, has been named part-time program coordinator at the Western Foothills Land Trust, a position designed to allow the staff more time to focus on land protection in the watershed, said a news release from the trust.
The organization has been working for a decade on protecting forest and farmlands within the Crooked River watershed, and will launch its 30 year celebration in July with new programs, a revised website and new trail maps, which Hodgkins will help implement, the release said.
Hodgkins was selected from a field of skilled, qualified and personable applicants, the release said. She has been a dedicated volunteer for the land trust for years, helping out in the warming hut at Roberts Farm several days a week, assisting with hikes and canoeing expeditions, volunteering for trail building and acting as a link with the local homeschooling community. A mother of eight home-schooled children, she often comes with extra helping hands.
Hodgkins is a Ph.D candidate at the University of New Hampshire in environmental microbiology, with an undergraduate degree in biology from Loyola College, and was drawn to the rigorous Maine Naturalist Program, which she just completed alongside several other Oxford Hills naturalists, the release said.
“As a kid, I loved being outside, watching the water spiders and wandering the woods with the maple surging lines as my guide. I am so blessed that my children are growing up in a similar way, supported by a community that places a value on preserving the land for generations to come,” she said. “As program coordinator for Western Foothills Land Trust, I get to play a role in sharing this outdoors experience with others, exposing them to the wonders that nature holds. It’ll be an exciting adventure and one that I can’t wait to begin.”
She will work with the staff and board to fulfill the outreach/communications and program needs of the organization in the community and will lead traditional trust programs as well as design and implement new nature-based programming featuring the trust’s preserves and other regional assets, the release said. Fluent in social media, tech, and networking, she will be in charge of promoting programs using social media in additional to traditional print avenues.
