Stories, Resources and Tools for Women Landowners
Insights Into Vermont’s Women Landowners
The Women & Our Woods resource hub provides tools, stories, and educational content and resources tailored to women who care for the land. Whether you're new to woodland ownership or a seasoned steward, you'll find inspiration and practical guidance to help you connect, learn, and thrive.
WOW-VT Case Studies
Vermont’s Women and Our Woods has compiled stories of women at various stages of their management journeys. By reading some of these stories, we hope you’ll feel connected to this broader network and understand the different paths you can take on your own journey.
National WOW Network
Checkout the national WOW network, get resources and find events happening for women landowners across the country!
Women on the Land
A publication that aims to help women landowners better understand their woodlands and make informed decisions to meet their goals.
Webinar: Empowering and Engaging VTs Woman Landowners
From 2019-2020, WOW-VT has worked collaboratively to identify the needs of women landowners. Through focus groups and an online survey of 474 women landowners, we identified the challenges and barriers women experience as forest landowners. This program seeks to share what we heard from Vermont’s woman landowners and begin to discuss ways we as professionals can meet their needs.
Webinar: Winter Tree ID with WOW-VT
WOW-VT offered this online presentation about identifying trees in winter. Speakers Emily Potter, Nancy Patch and Caitlin Cusack shared tricks and strategies to help you gain skills in this area.
Webinar: Invasive Plants with WOW-VT, Part 1
WOW-VT hosted this presentation on strategies to manage and control invasive plant species, addressing why we care, where to start, whom to call and how to make a plan. We then discussed identification and treatment options for honeysuckle and buckthorn.
Webinar: Invasive Plants with WOW-VT, Part 2
This program is the second in a series. It starts with a short presentation on invasive plants and then focuses on identification and control methods on knotweed, barberry, and garlic mustard.
Webinar: Forest Management in Her Woods
Learn about the demonstration projects WOW-VT completed in 2023 and meet with a few of our landowners. You’ll learn about each woman’s goals for their land and how they worked with the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps to implement their forest management project.