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2010 LEAF interns at a preserve in New Jersey. The Nature Conservancy

Voices of Alumni

Hear from former LEAF interns who have been forever changed by their summers with the Conservancy.

John Ersane, 16, from Brooklyn (on right), works with naturalists to identify a damselfly during an inventory of dragonfly and damselfly populations at the Willow Grove Lake Preserve in New Jersey. © Amy Deputy

Voices of Staff

Hear from the leaders who make this program possible.

Interns from New York hike through the woods during an inventory of dragonfly and damselfly populations at the Maurice River Bluffs Preserve in New Jersey. Photographed on assignment for the Spring 2009, Nature Conserancy magazine story about a program to involved urban youth in nature studies on Conservancy preserves. © Amy Deputy

Past Seasons

Explore articles about past seasons to find out what it's like to be a LEAF intern.