EP 67 Lockwood "Woody" Merriman - Committed to the Mowglis Spirit

 Lockwood “Woody” Merriman: Den 1961

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Woody Merriman comes from a long line of Mowglis men. His dad and his uncles all attended Mowglis and his father (also Lockwood Merriman) was a member of the Holt Elwell Memorial Foundation Board of Trustees, as was Woody.

Like many Mowglis alumni Woody can rattle off all of the important, and prestigious, institutions with which he has been associated in his life and adamantly states that Mowglis was the most important source of who he became as a person.  Who he became as a person is a fellow that everyone is fond of, who still hikes and camp but eschews the limelight (if you wondered why we used a 1961 Red Racing crew photo for this podcast it’s because Woody is a very private fellow and shies away from having his picture taken!). 

We caught up with one another at the Mowglis work weekend where I interviewed Woody, with some “help” from my Belgian Shephard Kodi - no all that panting you hear in the background isn’t Woody, but he was kind enough to say that it helped create an air of authenticity so we went with it.

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66 Sandee and Jay Brown, Cub Parents 1977-1987

 Jay and Sandee Brown Cub Parents 1977 - 1987

 

Sandee's family - the Wooleys - were close friends with legendary Mowglis Director William B. Hart Sr and his college roommate Harvey Russell who wrote the Jungle Song and the Mowglis Goodnight song.

 

The Browns came to Mowglis in 1977 and were Cub parents for 10 years. 1977 was not their first visit to Mowglis which came in 1963, on their honeymoon trip. 1963 was year 1 of the Holt Elwell Memorial Foundation and Director William B. Hart. 

 

Sandee and Jay had 25 Cubs in their first year, likely a record number and those numbers remained fairly consistent throughout their tenure.

 

Sandee was named US Conservation Teacher of the year in 1990, she credits her Mowglis experience with inspiring her understanding of the natural environment and her love for it that led her to receive this national recognition. 

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EP 65 Kate Burgess - Blazing a Trail

Kate Burgess - Blazing a Trail

 

 

 

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson"

 

Mowglis' first female Tripmaster Kate Burgess established a reputation as a leader from the moment she began her tenure at Mowglis and she has continued in that vein as she has moved on in her life. Today Kate lives in Boulder Colorado and is Conservation Coordinator at the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators an organization that works with legislators from all over the country - irrespective of party or state - to help them craft policies in the best interest of their states and of the natural environment.

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I advise and empower state legislators to advance just and equitable conservation policies.

 

Always happy to chat with others who are interested in this work!I advise and empower state legislators to advance just and equitable conservation policies. Always happy to chat with others who are interested in this work!

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• Working across 50 states, I help legislators coordinate and deepen their policy efforts on a number of conservation topics.
  
  Current/previous projects include: 30x30, State Endangered Species Acts, biodiversity conservation, the Green Amendment, habitat connectivity, pollinator protection, and invasive species management.
  
  NCEL empowers a non-partisan network of over 1300 state legislators to protect, conserve, and improve the natural and human environment through the advancement of equitable environmental policies.Working across 50 states, I help legislators coordinate and deepen their policy efforts on a number of conservation topics. Current/previous projects include: 30x30, State Endangered Species Acts, biodiversity conservation, the Green Amendment, habitat connectivity, pollinator protection, and invasive species management. NCEL empowers a non-partisan network of over 1300 state legislators to protect, conserve, and improve the natural and human environment through the advancement of equitable environmental policies.

 

 

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  Assist in organization and development major film themesOversee all aspects of finance, production, post production and marketing through to public screenings for a full-length documentary on a summer camp in New Hampshire Perform research on creative branding, copywriting, and music recording Oversee communication with investors, funders, and affiliates Assist in organization and development major film themes…see more

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Colorado State University

Master's degree, Conservation Leadership

 

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Ep 63 Dwight Shephard

Dwight Shephard, Den 1967

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Dwight Shephard Came to Mowglis in 1963 from his hometown of Wellesley, Massachusetts, as a result of a visit from Jim Hart and his father, Mowglis Director William Hart Sr. He came as a cub under Cub Parent Brooks Benjamin. He was on the Gopher Squad in his Den year and graduated in 1967

He fondly remembers hiking Cardigan, riding in the back of the black bomb truck.

After Mowglis he went to Belmont Hill School and the Holderness School where his Glee Club director was Bill Hart Sr. 

Dwight was an avid swimmer and rarely missed a soak at Mowglis. When he wasn't in the water he was ON the water. He rowed crew at Belmont Hill because of his exposure to it at Mowglis where he rowed on the Blue Racing Crew.

Dwight spent his professional life as a journalist. 

Dwight Shephard
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