A Summer Working in Nature
Ana Martinez wanted to be more outdoorsy. She knew Summer of Service would mean more time outside. It paid. And it would help her get ready for college. But she didn’t go for it, at first. “I was shy,” she says.
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Polk County’s Most Wanted – Sweetfern
Comptonia peregrina or sweet fern Have you seen Sweetfern? In a joint effort to expand the knowledge and understanding of the flora and fauna of...
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Aspiring Wildlife Biologist Finds Community in Summer of Service
Jason Brandyburg joined Conserving Carolina’s Summer of Service in its inaugural year. He had learned of the opportunity through his professor in the Henderson County...
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Back to the Land
Jane and John Shuttleworth moved to the mountains of North Carolina in the 70s as “back to the landers”—but they wanted to do more than drop out of society, grow their own food, and live off the grid.