Erin McCormick

Senior Director of Land Conservation

Erin is responsible for managing all land interest activities of Natural Lands, as well as overseeing the staff directors of the land protection and conservation easement stewardship programs. Erin has been with Natural Lands since 2006 and has experience in both the administration and enforcement of Natural Lands’ conservation easement portfolio, and works to secure conservation easements and fee simple acquisitions in strategic landscapes throughout Natural Lands’ service area in eastern Pennsylvania.

Prior to joining Natural Lands, Erin clerked for the Earthrise Law Center (formerly Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center) in Portland, Oregon, one of the leading environmental law clinics in the country.

She earned her J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School, and a B.A. in biology from Rutgers University. She was admitted to the state bar of New Jersey in 2006.

A native of New Jersey, Erin names the Piping Plover as her favorite species, and enjoys watching the chicks at the beach. “They look like little cotton balls with two toothpick legs and are endlessly entertaining, especially when they do an inevitable face plant.”

Ask Erin about: Land protection, the perfect spots to see sunsets in south Jersey, and why she loves being an aunt.