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Author Archives: volunteerNow
Please welcome our newest staff member, Andrew Belus!
The Grand Canyon Trust is excited to welcome Andrew Belus, a recent Northern Arizona University (NAU) graduate, to their Volunteer Program staff. His position is made possible with partial funding from NAU’s Youth in Action AmeriCorps program. Andrew, who started … Continue reading
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Live the Change: New Perspectives from Kane Ranch
By: Christine Amoresano “I’m so jealous, you get to go to the Grand Canyon.” These were the words repeated to me over and over again as I prepared for a two-month stint in northern Arizona with the Grand Canyon Trust. … Continue reading
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The Volunteer Program Explores Navajo and Hopi Lands
By: Lindsay Martindale In early February, the Grand Canyon Trust (GCT) Volunteer Program staff took a tour of Navajo and Hopi lands. The trip was organized by Deon Ben and Verlena Tso from the Trust’s Native America program. GCT is … Continue reading
Posted in Staff Musings
Tagged Grand Canyon Trust volunteer, Hopi Reservation, Native America volunteer, Navajo Reservation
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Our Food Philosophy: Buy Local and Eat Fresh. By Mary Beth Herbert
When it comes to going local, the Grand Canyon Trust (GCT) is all about preparing and serving the best quality, locally sourced, fresh food on our volunteer trips. There is nothing more satisfying at the end of a long day of … Continue reading
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Please welcome our newest staff member, Lindsay Martindale!
We are thrilled to welcome Lindsay Martindale to the Grand Canyon Trust Volunteer Program! Lindsay joined the Volunteer Program in December, 2011 as the Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator through the AmeriCorps “Youth in Action” program of Northern Arizona University. Lindsay … Continue reading
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Please welcome the Volunteer Program’s newest staff member, Mary Beth Herbert!
Mary Beth Herbert joined the Grand Canyon Trust in the November 2011 as an Assistant Crew Leader, a recently-established position through AmeriCorps “Youth In Action” program at Northern Arizona University. This program places volunteers in the workplace and establishes a … Continue reading
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December 7 Community Education Series Event: “The Birds and the Beetles”
Responding to Rapid Ecological Change on the Colorado and Virgin Rivers December 7 at 7:00pm NAU Cline Library Auditorium – Campus Building 28 on Knoles Drive, Flagstaff, AZ Use of the tamarisk leaf beetle to control tamarisk has caused rapid … Continue reading
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A Hoedown at the Homestead: Celebrating GCT Volunteers
By Emily Thompson, Volunteer Coordinator Thank you to all the volunteers who were able to make it to our 2011 Volunteer Thank You Party in November! We hope you had as much fun as we did! We missed seeing the … Continue reading
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An Odd Coupling
By Kathryn Wilder I have two sons. One, a cowboy, lives in New Mexico; the other lives and surfs in Hawai`i. If you knew either parent, you could guess which child was raised mostly by whom: cowboy/rancher father or environmentalist/writer mother. … Continue reading
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Tagged Grand Canyon Trust, Grand Canyon Volunteer, house rock valley, Kane and Two Mile Ranches
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The Land of Vermilion
By Keith Esposito Welcome to the Land of Vermilion. Welcome to the Perfect land. Where red rock cliff faces stare down on us, weathered-wise cleaves of limestone set below the broad, scrubtree brow of the plateau, tattooed with chutes and … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston University Alternative Spring Break, California condor, Grand Canyon Trust, Grand Canyon Volunteer, Peregrine Fund, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
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