Events
The Insects of Summer
Hosted by Emily Meacham (Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation). We wouldn’t have birds without insects! People often associate summer in the woods with black flies, mosquitos, and deer flies, but there are many more (and much more interesting) insects that…
The Vermont Logger Safety and Workers’ Compensation Insurance Program: Are Your Logging Contractors Properly Insured?
Register Now For many years, workers’ compensation insurance has been prohibitively expensive for Vermont’s logging contractors. To address this challenge and improve industry safety, we’ve launched the Vermont Logger Safety and Workers’ Compensation Insurance Program. This webinar will introduce the program, share…
Vital Signs Tracking Soil Health: Working Woodlands Workshop
Restoration of soil health positively impacts water quality, reduces the impacts of flooding and drought, improves nutrient density of foods, and can mitigate climate change; sequestering carbon and restoring land water cycles that can cool the planet. Learn about the soil health…
Fish Behavior in the Late Summer
This event is hosted by Pete Emerson of the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Like animals on land fish change their behavior over the course of the summer and fall. This may be to find food, stay cool, or to prepare for…
Why Leaves Change Colors
This event is hosted by Josh Halman of the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation. Each year the hillsides in Vermont light up in a cacophony of colors, but why does this happen? What do these changes have to do with…
What are Mammals Doing to Prepare for Winter?
Hosted by Jill Killborn of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. Snowshoe hares change their fur color in the winter, but when does this happen and why? Come learn about adaptations northern forest mammals, and what they are doing in late…