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Legislative Update for Week Ending April 16, 2021
Click for More on House Bills Click for More on Senate Bills S.100 An act relating to universal school breakfast and lunch for all public school students and to creating incentives for schools to purchase locally produced foods The Senate Agriculture Committee reviewed…
Learn to Manage Your Woods Efficiently and Responsibly with the Crop Tree Release Method
From Ethan Tapper, Chittenden County Forester, a 15-minute short-course on managing forests efficiently and responsibly using a method called “Crop Tree Release” with colleague David Paganelli, the Orange County Forester. You can watch this video here.
Legislative Update for Week Ending April 9, 2021
Click for More on House Bills Click for More on Senate Bills Presentation on The Future of Vermont Technical College Members of the leadership team have been tasked with finding a solution for VTC’s challenges. They met in a joint session of…
State Biologist to Discuss Wetland Conservation for Wildlife and Water Quality
The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) invites the public to join the next Clean Water Series talk on Thursday, April 1, 2021 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm. The talk will highlight wetland conservation and is part of a monthly virtual series featuring efforts to protect and restore water quality in Vermont. At the event, David Sausville, a biologist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, will discuss…
2021 Vermont Forest Health Webinar Series
There will be a 4-part webinar series again this spring in place of the usual Forest Health Information Meeting. The series will begin on Tuesday, April 27 at 8:30 AM, with an update on Vermont forest health conditions, followed by a talk on the recent gypsy…
EAB Awareness Week is Coming – Get Your Community Kit Today!
Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week is May 15th to 22nd, 2021 EAB Awareness Week is a great opportunity to educate people in your city or town about the threat of emerald ash borer to Vermont’s ash trees, and the important steps residents and municipalities…
Legislative Update Week Ending April 2, 2021
Click for More on House Bills Click for More on Senate Bills Senate Finance Reviews S.128 An act relating to the taxation of grid-connected renewable energy plants, energy storage facilities, and energy transformation projects The Senate Finance Committee discussed a bill aiming…
Legislative Update for Week Ending March 26, 2021
USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers USDA Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack met with American Farm Bureau, state presidents and others on Wednesday, March 24th to preview the next round of funding for farmers and ranchers. The four areas of focus: Investing $6 Billion…
State Biologist to Discuss Wetland Conservation for Wildlife and Water Quality
The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) invites the public to join the next Clean Water Series talk on Thursday, April 1, 2021 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm. The talk will highlight wetland conservation and is part of a monthly virtual series featuring efforts to protect and restore water quality in Vermont. At the event, David Sausville, a biologist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, will discuss…
Vermont State Parks Offers Virtual Job Fair
Tuesday, April 6, 2021, 6 – 7 PM If you have ever been curious about what working in one of Vermont’s State Parks is like, now you have your chance to find out, virtually. On Tuesday, April 6, from 6:00 – 7:00…
Rugged Ridge Grows Sugarbush, Business in Pace with the Forest
By Christine McGowan, Forest Products Program Director at Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund It’s often said in business that “bigger is better,” but for Josh Seidman, steward of Rugged Ridge Forest, “better” is making the highest-quality maple syrup sustainably. A 2010 University of Vermont…
Attention NRCS Forestry Technical Service Providers (TSP’s) for Vermont
Please share with your landowners that May 14, 2021, is the deadline to apply for CAP 106 Forest Management Plans (FMPs) through NRCS in Vermont. This will be the ONLY sign-up prior to the UVA (Use Value Appraisal) April 1 deadline for plan updates in…
Legislative Update for week ending March 19, 2021
MORE INFORMATION ON UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE S.10 We are attaching a graph courtesy of the Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce as well as a letter from Associated Industries of Vermont that sets out more data regarding the proposed 20% increase in Unemployment Insurance…
Legislative Update for the week ending in March 12, 2021
CROSSOVER UPDATES FOR COMMITTEES Friday, March 12, is the deadline for bills containing no budget issues (that is, no tax, fees or charges that would affect the budget) to be voted on the floor and moved to the other body. Here is…
Forest Manager and Ecologist: Tii McLane
Elisabeth McLane, who goes by “Tii,” operates a small consulting business out of Strafford, VT. Tii provides consulting forestry services, as well as contract work in wildlife habitat, botany, and natural community mapping. Tii first became interested in forestry when in high…