(Regional) Metacomet Land Trust, a regional non-profit land protection organization, is pleased to announce that it has been chosen to host a TerraCorps Service Member in the upcoming 2026-2027 service year. TerraCorps is an AmeriCorps program.

“We are excited to hire and host a Community Engagement Coordinator who will help share our mission and goals for land protection throughout our 15 communities,” said President Lisa Mosczynski. “Metacomet’s mission is to help private landowners, municipalities, and other local organizations to protect their unique natural spaces. Working alongside a TerraCorps service member will enable Metacomet Land Trust to broaden our audience so that those concerned about the environment and our local landscape hear our message.”

“Our Community Engagement Coordinator will be assigned to our new Northbridge office beginning in September. Among other things, they will be planning and organizing events, growing our social media presence, and creating programs that can bring young and old together around land protection themes.”

TerraCorps Service Members must be 17 or older, and interested applicants can read the position description and apply online at https://terracorps.org/apply-to-serve-with-terracorps/ 

Service Members receive compensation as well as medical benefits, school loan deferrals, access to training and reimbursement for mileage.

“In this relationship we are hoping that our Community Engagement Coordinator gets the opportunity to learn as much as possible from us so that we can proudly say that we helped foster a young person who will become a leader for our future,” Mosczynski said.

TerraCorps is a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of land conservation, sustainable farming, and local food systems to build local nonprofit capacity while growing the next generation of emerging leaders committed to making a difference at the community level. TerraCorps helps nonprofits in Massachusetts succeed by providing them access to the AmeriCorps national service model to build organizational capacity. The program is funded in part by a grant provided by AmeriCorps, a federal agency, and administered in Massachusetts by the Massachusetts Service Alliance.

Metacomet Land Trust was founded in 1988 by local conservationists and now protects over 1,300 acres of conservation land in south central Massachusetts. Metacomet Land Trust owns 672 acres of protected lands which are open to the public at no charge. The trust also holds permanent conservation restrictions on 656 acres of privately owned or town-owned open space.  The organization can assist property owners who wish to preserve the natural landscape as well as partner with communities to protect open space. The land trust’s website is www.MetacometLandTrust.org.