Join Susan C. Morse, Keeping Track, for this amazing presentation. Sue’s travels around the globe and her amazing photography are sure to captivate. This program is designed to educate audiences about ways in which northern wildlife species are already being affected by climate change, with more serious challenges ahead. Canada lynx, moose, American marten, caribou,
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Please note: Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and the State of Emergency in Vermont and across the country, the VWA Annual meeting for April 4th will be postponed to a later date. We are currently assessing our options and working on revising our agenda. The new agenda will include a tribute to Put Blodgett,
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May 8-10 at Common Ground Center, Starksboro Join VT Coverts for our Woodlands for Wildlife Cooperator Training. This weekend retreat provides an opportunity for those who care about woodlands and wildlife to learn about the resources available to help them define and reach their land management goals. It will allow you to connect with resource professionals, landowners
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Saturday, February 29th, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, Holley Hall, 1 South Street, Bristol VT Hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) is a destructive invasive insect that has already been detected on hemlock trees in southern Vermont. Learn to monitor and slow the spread of this invasive insect, with Jim Esden, State Protection Forester, and Caitlin Cusack,
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Saturday, February 8, 2020 – 10:15am to 12:45pm Rockingham Free Library Conducting an ash tree inventory is the first step for municipalities to determine how they will manage the trees in their public right-of-ways. This hands-on workshop with Joanne Garton, Technical Assistance Coordinator, VT Urban and Community Forestry Program, will train participants to conduct a community ash tree
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In 2019, the Scott Administration, with support from the Vermont legislature, announced the launch of a new program, designed to reduce the number of injuries and workers’ compensation insurance claims on logging operations through the delivery of modernized safety training; adding the availability of loss prevention consultations on logging operations; increasing the number of properly
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“Old Growth” is a term that is familiar to many, although most have never seen it. The definition of “old growth” forests is somewhat contentious in the forestry world, generally accepted to mean forests which have developed somewhat independent of human disturbance for a very long time. Studying our region’s remnant old growth forests gives
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Currently known to be in 35 states, The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is an invasive forest pest that devastates North American ash trees. EAB was found in Vermont in 2018, and poses an imminent and existential threat to Vermont’s three native species of ash. This invasion poses costly and confusing challenges to landowners, municipalities and
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Come visit VWA at this year’s Vermont Farm Show at Champlain Valley Fairgrounds, Essex, VT! Get access to the most innovative companies doing business on behalf of agriculturists, spend the day visiting vendors and attending organizational meetings, and visit contest displays where you can see award winning examples of Vermont’s best maple syrup, Christmas trees,
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Join Lynn Levine on Saturday, February 22 (bad weather day is Sunday, February 23), from 1-4 PM for a workshop in Dummerston on a 200-acre deeryard. Participants will learn to think like the animals they are tracking and connect with the forested landscape. Also, Lynn will give tips on identifying trees in the winter. Participants
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