project opportunities
Whether you are a community member or a graduate student, there are opportunities for you to become involved with the MERE Project.
Project Coordinator: Each year, the Monadnock Ecological Research and Education (MERE) Project will seek an energetic student who can coordinate activities and write grants to raise money for the project. The student will maintain the MERE web page and work with project partners, including local high schools and Monadnock State Park personnel.
Summit Stewards: The goal of this program is to educate park users on the proper use of recreational trails in mountain ecosystems. The steward engages hikers in a friendly manner to educate them about proper use of trails, safety, and mountain ecology. The stewards are graduate students from Antioch University New England conducting the work as part of their graduate degree practicum requirements. 300 hours of work is required for each position on an annual basis. Stewards are required to work most weekends and holidays.
Ecological Research Projects
Ways to Help
Summit Stewards: The goal of this program is to educate park users on the proper use of recreational trails in mountain ecosystems. The steward engages hikers in a friendly manner to educate them about proper use of trails, safety, and mountain ecology. The stewards are graduate students from Antioch University New England conducting the work as part of their graduate degree practicum requirements. 300 hours of work is required for each position on an annual basis. Stewards are required to work most weekends and holidays.
Ecological Research Projects
- Dynamics of forest communities
- Dynamics of Crevice communities on Mount Monadnock
- Distribution and diversity of lichen species on Mount Monadnock
- Distribution and development of mountain soils of Mount Monadnock
- Impact of hikers attitudes toward mountain and each other
- Effect of kiosks and signage on hiker behavior
Ways to Help
- Volunteer to work with students collecting data on the mountain.
- Make a monetary contribution to support graduate students and high school students who are interested in mountain ecology and a desire to share that knowledge with the public. To make a contribution, please click here.
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