Vermont Forest Pest First Detector Online Course

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Vermont Forest Pest First Detector Online Course

Monday, July 19 – Sunday, August 29 Did you know most invasive insect infestations are first discovered not by professionals, but by alert community residents? This free, self-guided online course is designed for people interested in learning to identify, monitor, and help their communities prepare for the tangible threat of invasive forest insects, such as emerald ash borer. This is

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Using Horses and Small Machinery in the Woods

Saturday 8/28/21, 9 AM – 12 PM This session will focus on how these kinds of positive impact harvest tools offer an alternative approach to short and long-term woodlot management, and how management plans can be written with this non-traditional approach in mind. Horses will be working on-site, along with small tractors and forwarding wagons. Participants will tour the

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Tinmouth Mountain Hike – Understanding ESTAs

Saturday, July 10 9:30 AM– 12:30 PM An ESTA is an Ecologically Sensitive Treatment Area and once identified managed differently in a Current Use Plan. We will visit an ESTA on Vermont Coverts Cooperator Bob Lloyd’s property with ecologist Kathy Doyle. Bob will explain the unique ownership of this land and the conservation and management strategies the collective

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Natural Areas In Vermont: A Virtual Tour

JULY 1, 2021 7- 8 PM Join us as we explore four VLT-conserved natural areas. Learn about the special features of these places and how to access them. Four VLTers have teamed up to give you a virtual tour of Lowell Lake in Londonderry, the new Peter Krusch nature preserve in Cambridge, Mount Equinox in Manchester, and Bluffside Farm

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A New Carbon Program for Hardwood Landowners Webinar

June 15 12-1 PM Alex Macintosh, Director of Landowner Success at SilviaTerra, and his colleagues Lillian Hogan and Jeff Wright, will share information on their data-driven forest carbon marketplace and how owners of woodlands of all sizes can participate now. Society of American Forester CFE credits will be available. Register now

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Forest Immersion Workshop: A Workshop with Lynn Levine

We are pleased to announce that Lynn Levine, of Nature Connect, will be leading a Forest Immersion workshop on Saturday, July 10 (the rain date is Sunday, July 11) from 10 to 12:30 in Dummerston. Join Naturalist/Forester Lynn Levine on a journey to connect with the forest, ourselves and each other.  We will explore sounds of

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