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12 12, 2024

Youth Conservation Corps Crew Leaders 

2024-12-12T11:37:07-05:00December 12th, 2024|Conservation Corps, Corps Employment, Employment|

Position Overview: The NorthWoods Stewardship Center is seeking Crew Leaders (CLs) for its Youth Conservation Corps Crews. The CLs will lead a crew of high school age individuals (ages 15-18) in conservation projects on locations throughout Vermont. CLs are responsible for inspiring and motivating crew members while completing priority conservation projects in the field. Projects vary each year, but generally include trail maintenance and construction, addressing water quality issues, removing invasive species, and improving wildlife habitat. Prior to the season, CLs will have the opportunity to gain the skills necessary to [Read More...]

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12 12, 2024

Adult Backcountry Trail Crew Leader

2024-12-30T14:45:42-05:00December 12th, 2024|Conservation Corps, Corps Employment, Employment|

Position Overview:   The NorthWoods Adult Backcountry Trail Crews are designed for people who are looking to build their skills and experience. This year’s Adult Backcountry Trail Crews will be performing trail construction and maintenance in the White Mountain National Forest, Green Mountain National Forest, and other remote locations and trails in Northern Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Traditionally, these crews work on the most challenging and technical trail-building projects in the region, all while living in a “spike camp” during the week close to their project location. Projects generally are a [Read More...]

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6 12, 2024

Forestry Program Coordinator

2024-12-06T13:17:06-05:00December 6th, 2024|Employment, Forest Stewardship Institute, Miscellaneous|

Position Overview: The Forestry Program Coordinator will assist with projects and program services in our Forest Stewardship Institute. Their work will support landowners in managing their forests, provide educational opportunities for the NEK community, and implement sustainable forest management in the Demonstration Forest at NorthWoods. Main Roles and Responsibilities include: Coordination and planning of workshops, tours, landowner group gatherings and events related to forestry, ecology and land management (30%) Coordination, planning and implementation of hands-on forestry projects including management activities, monitoring, and crew projects (20%) Supervision of Sustainable Forestry Interns in [Read More...]

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30 08, 2024

Celebrating 35 Years of Stewardship

2024-08-30T14:41:32-04:00August 30th, 2024|Highlights, News|

On August 24th, the NorthWoods community came together to celebrate our 35th Anniversary of conservation and education. The weather was perfection and we were amazed at the turnout, with an approximate count of 46 people helping to hike ALL the fire tower step and decking materials up the mountain! Then over 100 hikers, friends and alum gathered at the NorthWoods lodge to eat good food, listen to live music, socialize with old friends and celebrate the NWSC community: where we’ve come from and where we’re headed! In addition to some words [Read More...]

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26 07, 2024

Marie Desrosiers

2024-07-26T11:28:17-04:00July 26th, 2024|Staff|

Originally from a seaside town in Massachusetts, Marie made her way to the NEK and the mountains in 2018 after many years of camping and hiking vacations around Vermont. Marie has over a decade of experience working and volunteering with non-profit organizations in various capacities, which she has brought with her to her role of Administrative Assistant at NorthWoods. She has also used her skillset to help with development work. Though her work is more behind-the-scenes than many other roles at NorthWoods, she enjoys helping the organization run smoothly. Marie also [Read More...]

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10 07, 2024

Morgan Larson

2024-07-10T15:56:57-04:00July 10th, 2024|Con Sci Staff, Conservation science, Staff|

Morgan Larson (they/them) is another Southerner who has found their way to Abenaki territory! Originally from Anadarkos-Caddo territory (so called Dallas, Texas) Morgan grew up loving the magic of the Blackland Prairie and Cross Timbers forest, having artistic, spiritual, and recreational relationships with these beautiful (and endangered!) ecosystems. After graduating from the University of North Texas with a B.A. in Sociology in 2011, Morgan became a Master Gardener and Master Naturalist for Denton and Dallas county respectively. Through these programs they started working at nature preserves, non-profits, and public school districts [Read More...]

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27 03, 2024

Monitoring Climate Resilience with Ali Kosiba

2024-03-27T18:16:25-04:00March 27th, 2024|Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

In 2023, with the support of the Society of American Foresters (SAF) Kurt Gottschalk Science Fund, the NorthWoods Stewardship Center partnered with UVM Extension Forester Ali Kosiba to establish climate resilience monitoring plots in the NorthWoods demonstration forest. Using protocols developed by UVM Extension, NorthWoods forestry staff and interns collected data that will be used to evaluate a forest stand where past timber harvesting was designed to improve climate resilience, bird habitat, and other ecological values. Sustainable Forestry Interns at NorthWoods spent their 10-week season working on a wide variety of [Read More...]

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1 03, 2024

Sharpening Skills

2024-03-06T14:24:35-05:00March 1st, 2024|Conservation Corps, Highlights, News|

Workshop teacher Larry Walters measures crosscut blades. The Conservation Corps team had fun this February attending a two-day Cross Cut Sharpening and Maintenance course hosted by Larry Walters of Rutland, VT, a former U.S. Forest Service employee. Larry was a wealth of knowledge in the realm of crosscut saws, their maintenance, and the precision-based tools that are involved in the process of sharpening them. Larry was very happy to host Corps team Dusty, Blase, and Charles and pass this lost art form on in hopes that NorthWoods will steward and [Read More...]

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27 02, 2024

Our Seeds go to Svalbard!

2024-02-28T12:55:34-05:00February 27th, 2024|Conservation science, Highlights, News, Riparian Lands|

Some of these adorable baby trees are now chilling, perhaps for 100 years or more, in a drawer in Norway! Last fall the Riparian Lands crew teamed up with the Statewide Seed Coordinator at Intervale Center to collect gray birch in the Champlain Valley and with our ECO AmeriCorps member Sarah Redman, here in Brighton, VT. Some of the seeds from both collections were later sent to the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station in Ames, Iowa to be tested and stored long-term. These samples currently have a 96%-98% [Read More...]

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9 01, 2024

Charles Hill

2024-03-20T20:09:14-04:00January 9th, 2024|Corps Staff, Staff|

Charles Hill was born and raised on the shoreline of Connecticut in the town of Clinton. His love for the outdoors started when he was in the Boy Scouts where hiking and camping became hobbies that he enjoyed outside of the Scouts. After graduating high school in 2013, not really knowing what to expect, Charles had taken a summer job working at the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge with the YCC as a crew member. This is where Charles discovered that he wanted to work in the outdoors; he changed [Read More...]

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Email: info@northwoodscenter.org

Main Phone: 802.723.6551

Office & Administration ext: 301
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