Conservation & Ecological RestorationAngel Barrott

2022 The Sara Shallenberger Brown Garden Club of America National Parks Conservation Scholarship

Angel Barrott has served with SCA in various capacities since 2019. He has always been excited and interested in conservation stewardship. Angel has challenged and stretched himself during his time with SCA and was even able to recruit several of his classmates to participate in the program last summer. He has pushed himself with public speaking, sharing his environmental capstone project with a large group during the 2021 summer program. During that program, his crew spent much of their time working in Van Cortland Park on a very challenging project to close one section of trail and construct a new rerouted section. Our park partner liaison with the Van Cortland Park Alliance, John Butler, Program Director, Restoration & Stewardship said this about the workmanship demonstrated by Angel and his crewmates: “As a community partner of the SCA, I was extremely impressed with the quality of the work the crew did within Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. The high school students provided professional level trail work on a reroute of a section of trail away from a seasonally wet location.

The Sara Shallenberger Brown Garden Club of America National Parks Conservation Scholarship

To encourage studies and careers in the conservation fields, with the opportunity to protect, enhance, and gain knowledge and experience for the lasting benefit of the U.S. National Parks. The Sara Brown GCA National Parks Scholarship will fund at least one (or more) SCA Apprentice Crew Leader (ACL), Leader, and/or Apprentice annually. ACLs and leaders will provide support, encouragement, and mentorship of high school crews engaged in hands-on conservation projects. Apprentices will work under the direct oversight of a land management agency or organization to address specific needs, which often include, but are not limited to, field data collection and management, visitor interpretation and education, and direct service work that maintains trails and improves habitats. The goal will be to provide a college or graduate student enrolled in a U.S.-based institution with the technical and personal skills and field experience to become a future leader in challenging and rewarding conservation service work.

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