Sudbury Valley TrusteesConservation, Collaboration, and Community since 1953

SVT would like to introduce two new Americorps Mass-LIFT members that will be joining us for the year!  Ashley Davies is serving as Regional Conservationist for the Land Protection Office and Audra Valaitis is serving as Land Steward for the Stewardship Office.

Ashley Davies is from Dartmouth, Massachusetts and is now a permanent resident of Northborough.  Ashley studied Law, Policy, and Society at Northeastern University and has a J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law. Ashley has worked at and volunteered with several environmental and land conservation organizations including the Aquidneck Land Trust, MA Department of Environmental Protection, and the Buzzards Bay Coalition. Ashley’s main focus will be to get to know the communities in the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Watersheds and to assist towns, local land trusts, and Sudbury Valley Trustees in their land conservation efforts.

Audra Valaitis has a Master’s degree in Environmental Management from Duke University and studied Environmental Science and Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. She has worked throughout New England and the U.S. on a wide variety of wildlife monitoring and management projects, including work with several declining or endangered bird species. Audra will be turning her focus to land stewardship and management over the coming year with Sudbury Valley Trustees.  She will be completing management plans, baseline documentation, and monitoring activities on a number of different properties.  She will also facilitate regional meetings and land management initiatives for the West Suburban Conservation Council.