Kestrel is participating in the MassLIFT AmeriCorps program, which gives qualified and aspiring conservation professionals the opportunity to provide a year’s worth of full-time volunteer service to land trusts from the Cape to the Berkshires in Massachusetts.

Kestrel hosts volunteers and interns to help with special projects on occasion. Some of our current volunteers are:  

- Valerie Gracechild, office organizational wizard! 

- Devorah Levy , Stewardship Monitor 

- Bridget Dahill, 5K for Farmland coordination

- Kevin Burt, Events/Land Stewardship and more

To find out how to get involved as a volunteer, contact:office@kestreltrust.org or call 413-549-1097.

Our Current Volunteers

Christine Volonte, AmeriCorps Land Steward. Chris discovered an aptitude for land stewardship while working toward a master’s degree in conservation biology at Antioch University. She came to Antioch with a master’s degree in English and twelve years’ experience in conservation and education nonprofits. While there, she served as Land Conservation Steward for the Monadnock Conservancy and studied migrating saw-whet owls for her thesis. Now, through the AmeriCorps program, MassLIFT, Chris is helping Kestrel steward protected lands by carrying out monitoring and baseline work.