Interactive Map of Projects | List of Projects | Potential Projects
Our experience from the Conservation Ambassador Program (CAP) is that when energized, tech-savvy high school students team up with dedicated, knowledgeable local conservation leaders, good things happen. These local projects are a “win” in all directions – for the students, for the local conservation advocates, for the community, and for the environment.
As a team, teen and adult CTP participants will apply new knowledge and tools to address a local conservation project. The project topic, duration and intensity may be tailored to the individual interests and circumstances of the participants. The program coordinator and other CTP instructors will be able to assist throughout the project via in-person visits, webinars, and Google Forum/Classroom. Participants will have the opportunity to showcase their work at a fun, casual event at the Connecticut Land Conservation Conference or Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources. Select participant teams may be interviewed during multiple periods of the project by UConn Neag of School researchers to study the importance of intergenerational learning in informal STEM learning.
See past CTP projects below in the interactive map or the table below.
Click on a dot for more information about the participants, their local partners, and their projects.
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| 2020-2021 Projects | ||
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| Adult Team Member(s) | Teen Team Member(s) | Project Title |
| Jeff Yates | Jason Zimmitti | Town Farm Brook - Mapping the Future of Restoration on a Native Brook Trout Stream |
| George Householder | Isha Sondhi & Lindsay Fritz | Invasive Plants at Buckingham Reservoir |
| Judy Rondeau | Rachael Trowbridge & Genny Rondeau | Birds of the Milo Appley Conservation Showcase |
| Owen McLaughlin | Isabella Lumia | Scoville Loop Community Outreach |
| Angela Capinera | Harper Treschuk | A Tale of Two Preserves: Plant Diversity and Pollinator Abundance |
| Aubree Keurajian | Ana Candelli | Floral and Faunal Life Survey Along the Wallingford Quinnipiac River Linear Trail |
| Mary Haggett | Claribel Connor | Quiet Corner Wildlife Survey |
| Claudia Bouchard | Students from TM Global Studies Magnet Middle School | Mapping the Watershed at TMGSMMS |
| Jason McBean | Jackson McBean | Surveing Asian Shore Crabs in Fairfield, CT |
| Emily Picard | Haley Jordan | Water Chestnut at Hanover Pond |
| Brett Swanson | Caleb Richert & Fatih Alam | Beneficial Insects in the Garden |
| Mary Ellen Seuch | Hannah Nightingale | Norwalk Composting Survey |
| Justin Mack | Charlotte Zapletal | Connecticut Animal Rehabilitation Centers and Information |
| Carol Piper | Dakota Kosiorek | Plants & Animals at Osbornedale State Park |
| Lance Hansen | Amanda Altamirano & Phoenix Bernadin | Experience Roraback Wildlife Management Area |
| Susan VanKleef | Maggie Brian | The Impacts of Forestry Practices in Massacoe State Forest |
| Katy Hanlon, Signian McGeary & Tom Lewoc | Aish Benzy, Isabella DelRosso & Julianna Distante | The Cheshire Conservation Connection |
| 2019-2020 Projects | ||
|---|---|---|
| Adult Team Member(s) | Teen Team Member(s) | Project Title |
| Christin Arnini | Melinda Lu | The Beavers of Mendell's Folly |
| Karen Baker | Josselyn Hernandez-Velez & Gabriella Gomez | Wildlife at Fairchild Wheeler IMHS |
| Christine Bouchard | Caroline Chesson | Google Maps Meets Nature: Mapping the Silver Sands/Walnut Beach Boardwalk in Milford, CT |
| Claudia Bouchard | Adrian Bouchard | Mapping Camp Harkness |
| Colleen Rodriguez & Charlie Rodriguez | Charlotte Morin | Essex Land Trust Wildlife |
| Dianne Saunders | Michael Lowit & Benjamin Motmans | Plant Community Change Over Time in Tyler Mill Preserve |
| Elizabeth Ademi & Dorina Ademi | Aaryan Patel | Monarch Waystation at Wind Hill Community Farm |
| Elizabeth Mejia Castro | Hannah Cramer | Water Quality of Wangumbaug & Bolton Lakes |
| Emily Picard | Autumn Murray | Invasive Plants on the Quinnipiac River |
| Harmony Scaglione | Benjamin Griffing | Meriden Water Quality |
| Joy VanderLek | Karena Kulakowski & Dilawaiz Rao | A Day in the Life of a Meadow |
| Katherine Nuzzo | Kathryn Liu | Stress Therapy: Nature in the Classroom |
| Katherine Nuzzo | Madeleine McHale | Forest Bathing & Emotional Intelligence |
| Beckie Sahl & Kathleen Darcangelo | Krishna Chinmai Dongar, Tamanna Khuntia & Kiran Senthilnathan | Comparison of Two Farmington River Brooks |
| Lance Hansen | Andrew Dombroski | Geological Natural History of Burr Pond State Park |
| Laura Craver-Rogers | Josephine Mitchell | Bird ID Cards |
| Laurie Doss | Aiden Cherniske | Nocturnal Lullabies: Our Journey to Listen for Bats in the Northwest Corner of Connecticut! |
| Laurie Doss | Olivia Pignataro | Do You Have What it Takes to Customize a Raven Exhibit? |
| Mary Hogue | Mansi Kabre | Composting at Fairchild Wheeler IMHS |
| Mauro Diaz-Hernandez | Emily Perry & Armaun Bakhshalizadeh | Veteran's Memorial Park Clean-Up |
| Michael Dunn | Michaela Dunn | Birding in the Oswegatchie Hills After the Fire of 1962 |
| Peter Nichols | Ian Connelly | Where's the Wildlife? |
| Ruth Burritt | Hezekiah Melendez & Matthew Murdock | TBD |
| Shanti Nalawade | Nisha Nalawade | Water Conservation Survey & Results |
| Susan Van Kleef | Khushi Singh | Water Quality Testing in Lucy Brook |
| Tanner Burgdorf & Christina Smith | Kirsten Chery | Experience Elton Rogers Park |
| Tom Kalal | En-Ming Holtz | Invasive Plants at Oswegatchie Hills |
| Vikki Reski | Hyun Lee | Keney Park Sherwood Forest |
| Wendy Higgins | Mikayla Higgins | Preventing Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Disturbed Habitats |
