Saturday, April 30 9 am-12 pm Ottauquechee River Trail – Trailhead located next to East End Park, Woodstock, VT Did you attend our introduction to tree plantings webinar and are ready to get your hands dirty and plant some trees? Join this hands-on tree planting event at the Ottauquechee River Trail. Bill Musson, Forester with
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Wednesday, April 20 12-1 pm Have you been wanting to plant trees on your property, but are not sure how to start? Join for a virtual introduction to planning a tree planting. Bill Musson, a Forester with Redstart Forestry, and Ron Rhodes, the Director of Restoration Programs with the Connecticut River Conservancy, will provide the
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Thursday, April 21 7-8:30 PM How well do you know the Timberdoodle? Join the Friends of Missisquoi and Green Mountain Audubon as they welcome University of Maine PhD student, Liam Berigan, to share the work he has been doing tracking the American Woodcock. Liam will cover the ecology of this forest-dwelling shorebird and then delve
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Thursday, April 14 12-1 pm Join to learn more about this opportunity, ask questions and meet the VYCC Forestry Program Director! Click here to register. Registration is required to participate. Can’t make it for the live webinar? Go ahead and register and we’ll send you a link to the recording when it’s available.
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Wednesday, April 13 12-1 PM Join Audubon Vermont’s Gwendolyn Causer as she hosts Vermont Fish and Wildlife biologists Doug Morin and Jaclyn Comeau. They will discuss how to attract birds with native plants instead of birdfeeders. They will share information about Audubon’s Native Plants for Birds Program, the benefits native plants have for birds, along
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June 29-30, 2022 Looking for a chance to network and learn with private forest landowners like you in a beautiful location? The 2022 National Conference of Private Forest Landowners is your chance. Meet us in picturesque Portland, Maine on June 29-30, 2022. Registration is now open. You’ll have the chance to meet landowners from Oregon to Maine
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June 9-10, 2022 Join us in person at Burke Mountain for what has become the industry’s marquee event that brings together people and businesses from across Vermont’s forest economy. This year’s Summit will include keynotes and panel discussions on a range of topics of interest to Vermont’s forest economy businesses and partners. Among our keynote speakers is Bettina Ring, Chief
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Do you want the latest in everything from the science of forest carbon to climate-friendly management to forest carbon markets? Then sign up for one or more of the upcoming series of forest carbon training webinars coming up in May. Designed for professional foresters, these webinars will also be useful for any forest landowner interested in the topic. Please pass this along to anyone you think
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Saturday, April 9 9 AM – noon VT forester and tree farmer Dave Wilcox will lead the event, teaching on tree health, when and why to prune trees, and how to choose branches to remove. He will also speak on competition within the tree and from other plants that grow around the tree. Participants will
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Tuesday, April 5 7-8 pm VCE biologist Jason Hill hosts Dr. Christine Cairns Fortuin (University of Georgia, Forest Entomology Lab) to discuss Forest bees: The role of forest resources in wild bee conservation and management. Dr. Cairns Fortuin’s research “focuses on wild and native bee species in southeastern forests, and how forest management, pesticides, and
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