Saturday, October 22 10 AM – 3 PM King Farm, Woodstock Honeysuckle, barberry, and buckthorn are among some of the non-native plants that are invading Vermont’s forests! Join Women Owning Woodlands Vermont (WOW VT) and Redstart Natural Resource Management for an interactive workshop that will introduce you to these invasive plant species. You’ll spend the
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Saturday, October 15 7:30-9:30 AM Huntington Enjoy the beauty of the changing fall foliage while helping out Audubon with a Community Science project. Following our regular monitor route, we will search for birds in various habitats at the Audubon Center. This is a great opportunity to build your experience using binoculars and listening to bird song.
Read More...Thursday, October 13 4:30-6:30 PM Colchester Join VLT to learn about our recent work to remove a dam on a farm near Lake Champlain and restore a wetland, as well as the stream and floodplain downstream. We will explore the site and the methods used to improve the health of Crooked Creek and support cleaner water in Lake
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Wednesday, October 12 4:30-6 PM Waitsfield What makes a good “crop” tree? Crop trees are trees that produce benefits, such as food or shelter for wildlife, timber revenue for the landowner, or water quality protection. Join Women Owning Woodlands Vermont (WOW VT) at one of VLT’s properties where a Vermont Youth Conservation Corps crew is
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Sunday, October 2 10 AM – 3 PM Button Farm, Colchester Honeysuckle, barberry, and buckthorn are a few of the non-native plants invading Vermont’s forests. Join WOW team members Caitlin Cusack and Lisa Sausville for an interactive workshop that will introduce you to these invasive plant species! We will spend the morning learning how to
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Saturday, October 1 10 AM-12 PM 599 Westford Road, Milton Join Ethan Tapper, Chittenden County Forester, and Audubon Vermont for a free, public walk of the Milton Town Forest. We will discuss the new Forest Management plan and how the MTF will be managed for great bird habitat over the next 10 years. The plan
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Friday, October 7, 10 AM – 1 PM 448 Stigers Rd, Andover Click here to register. Join Ali Kosiba, UVM Extension Assistant Professor of Forestry, on a Woods Walk to learn about climate-adaptive management strategies you can take to reduce vulnerabilities and increase resilience to climate change. We’ll look at common conditions in Vermont’s forests that
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1-3:30 PM Join Naturalist/Forester Lynn Levine on a journey to connect with the forest, ourselves, and each other. We will explore sounds of birds, smells of flowers, the magic of ferns, the strength of trees, and much more, through science and storytelling. The forest is a place that provides the opportunity to be calm, creative, and curious.
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Tuesday, October 11 9 AM – 12 PM Mud Pond Forest, Greensboro Vermont Land Trust is partnering with the University of Vermont and The Nature Conservancy to host a research experiment exploring effective ways to manage forests with a changing climate while also sustaining other values, including biodiversity conservation. We can help our forests stay
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Friday, September 30 10-11 AM Vermont’s Climate Action Plan calls for an all-hands approach and identifies a wide range of actions that municipalities can lead on, especially with respect to our pattern of land use and how that affects both mitigation and adaptation. It can be overwhelming to understand where to begin and what tools
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