Meet our new Land Stewardship Coordinator, Ericka Berg
Ericka grew up in Polk County, just over the border in North Carolina, where her family has deep roots. She attended Berea College in Kentucky, got a bachelor’s in biology, and made her way back to WNC to serve as an AmeriCorps member with Conserving Carolina, a neighboring land trust in Hendersonville.
Six years and many roles at Conserving Carolina later, she left to serve as Operations Manager for Parks and Grounds with the City of Greenville, SC. She is excited to return to land trust work as Land Stewardship Coordinator for Upstate Forever.
In her position, she works with landowners of conservation easements, responding to reserved rights requests, issues, property transfers, or other questions they may have. She also performs annual monitoring, reporting, and helps with anything stewardship related.
In her free time, she serves as the Board President for Friends of DuPont Forest, where she has been volunteering since 2018 and on the board since 2019. For fun, you can find her somewhere outdoors with her fiancé Jay and their dogs, Reiner and Luna. She enjoys being bad at many activities, including gardening, running, mountain biking, backpacking, hiking, whitewater kayaking (in her ducky), and playing disc golf.
Please join us in giving Ericka a warm welcome!
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