Date: 20 January 2021
The young quartet is Jaime White (Community Ranger), Fletcher Broughton (Kauri Dieback Ambassador), Shania Hills (Kauri Dieback Ambassador) and Grace Lockwood (Community Ranger), all in their 20s. DOC Hauraki District Community Supervisor Leanne Irvine, refers to them as “the new generation of conservation professionals”.
The quartet work alongside colleagues of all ages, and conservation professionals who’ve been with DOC for several decades.
Jaime White joined DOC on a fixed-term contract as maternity cover: “I came into DOC wanting to try something different but ended up really loving it!”
“You make friendships where you didn’t think you would, and that’s one of the things I value working for DOC, along with the experience older colleagues have,” Jaime says. “There are lots of opportunities to learn.”
The fresh faces of conservation in Hauraki
District are in “boots and all” to a busy
summer.
The young quartet is Jaime White (Community
Ranger), Fletcher Broughton (Kauri
Dieback Ambassador), Shania Hills (Kauri Dieback
Ambassador) and Grace Lockwood (Community Ranger), all in
their 20s. Department of Conservation (DOC) Hauraki District
Community Supervisor Leanne Irvine, refers to them as “the
new generation of conservation professionals”.
The
quartet work alongside colleagues of all ages, and
conservation professionals who’ve been with DOC for
several decades.
Jaime White joined DOC on a
fixed-term contract as maternity cover: “I came into DOC
wanting to try something different but ended up really
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