Forest Stewardship Institute

20 01, 2015

Androscoggin River Steward

2016-12-13T19:12:00-05:00January 20th, 2015|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

The famed Androscoggin River with its rich history of log drives and sporting camps flows south east out of Umbagog Lake in Errol, NH through numerous communities of the New England before entering the Kennebunk River at Merrymeeting Bay in Maine. The NorthWoods Stewardship Center has been working in and around the Umbagog region for many years, managing a Youth Conservation Corps program at the Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge and leading canoe trips on the lakes and rivers of the region. In the summer of 2014 the NorthWoods Stewardship Center had the [Read More...]

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5 01, 2015

Public Meeting – January 14th

2016-12-13T19:12:00-05:00January 5th, 2015|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING To be held from: 6–7 PM, Wednesday, January 14, 2015 At: NorthWoods Stewardship Center, 154 Leadership Drive, East Charleston, VT 05833 A public meeting will be held to inform townspeople and interested members of the public with a proposed project to construct a 20-person bunkhouse on the NorthWoods Stewardship Center campus, to be used by NorthWoods education, conservation and forest stewardship programs. The goals of the meeting will be to present plans for construction and hear comments on items such as economic and environmental impacts, service area, alternatives to the project, or [Read More...]

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31 12, 2014

NorthWoods Trail Report

2016-12-13T19:12:00-05:00December 31st, 2014|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News, Trail Reports|

Are you ready for the winter ski season? Here are NorthWoods, we have over 12km of groomed and backcountry cross country trails available to the public. Skis and snowshoes are available to rent for $5/day, or bring your own! Ready to get out there? Get the latest on our trail and snow conditions from our recently revived Trail Report! Find the latest issue below! [catlist name=trail-reports numberposts=10 excludeposts=this]

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25 11, 2014

Remembering Bill Bevans

2016-12-13T19:12:00-05:00November 25th, 2014|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

"If you have a dream, you need a team."   - Bill Bevans, at NorthWoods' 2011 Strategic Planning Retreat   For 6 years, Bill Bevans served on the Board of Directors at NorthWoods Stewardship Center, first as member and most recently as President. It is in these roles that we have known Bill best. It takes a certain kind of person to lead a Board of Directors, particularly for an organization that is located over a mountain, down a few long and winding dirt roads to a place that is literally in the woods, on [Read More...]

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25 11, 2014

NorthWoods Hosts Vermont Author, Foresters and Landowners

2016-12-13T19:12:00-05:00November 25th, 2014|Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

A diverse group of foresters, ecologists and landowners met at NorthWoods for a field workshop with Eric Sorenson, co-author of "Wetland, Woodland, Wildland: A Guide to the Natural Communities of Vermont." Along with NorthWoods' Jayson Benoit and three county foresters, Eric led a lively discussion and field tour focused on enrolling special natural communities in Vermont's Current Use program. A driving tour took the group from the NorthWoods lodge to a nearby cedar swamp and rich fen wetland (owned by one of NorthWoods land management clients) and then to the talus [Read More...]

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25 11, 2014

Fighting Invasives with CISMA

2016-12-13T19:12:00-05:00November 25th, 2014|Conservation Corps, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

The Upper Connecticut River Watershed Invasive Species Management Area (UCCISMA), formed in late 2010, is a group of individuals, organizations, and government agencies working with landowners to curb the threat of invasive species in the watershed. A warming climate, continued habitat fragmentation, and entry vectors such as road, rail line and utility corridor promote the spread of invasive plant populations negatively impacting water quality and native species of flora and fauna. While invasive plants are at an earlier stage of colonization in the upper reaches of the watershed, the water quality of the [Read More...]

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4 11, 2014

NorthWoods included on VLT Recreation Map

2016-12-13T19:12:01-05:00November 4th, 2014|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

The Vermont Land Trust (VLT), recently announced the release of an interactive Recreation Map, displaying conserved lands throughout the state which allow recreational access. "It's an important part of our mission to conserve land that offers recreational opportunities. We have conserved land along the Appalachian, Long, and Catamount Trails, and many miles of the VAST snowmobile trail system. We have protected land used for hunting, fishing, swimming, and sledding." The NorthWoods 1500 acre East Charleston campus is reserved under the VLT and we are proud to offer our land to the public for [Read More...]

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29 10, 2014

Honoring Stewardship: 2014 Buzzell Award

2016-12-13T19:12:01-05:00October 29th, 2014|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

The NorthWoods Lodge filled with applause when Forest Stewardship Institute Director Jayson Benoit presented the 2014 George Buzzell Forest Stewardship Award to Fern Fontaine at the Annual Stewardship Celebration on October 24th. Fontaine retired this year after an eighteen-year tenure with the Natural Resources program at North Country Career Center in Newport, Vermont, but his dedication to forestry and to education has been lifelong. Benoit recounted some of Fontaine’s early experiences in the field, including Peace Corps service in Niger where he worked to plant trees at the edge of the Sahara desert, but it [Read More...]

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19 09, 2014

Partnering with Lyndon State

2016-12-13T19:12:02-05:00September 19th, 2014|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

On August 24th, 43 first-year students and their instructors from Lyndon State College completed a service project to help NorthWoods get ready for the seasons ahead. Working alongside NorthWoods staff, volunteers cleared brush and performed maintenance on NorthWoods' Leadership Trail, stained the entrance deck, and stacked more than three cords of firewood to fuel our new energy-efficient wood boiler. Thank you, LSC! We wish you a great year. Also at LSC, eighteen lucky students will study the Wilderness Mind this fall, under the guidance of Adjunct Faculty member and NorthWoods' Trails [Read More...]

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17 09, 2014

2015 Ecosystem Restoration Program Grant

2016-12-13T19:12:02-05:00September 17th, 2014|Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

The Ecosystem Restoration Program Grant (ERP), administered by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, provides funding to programs restoring and maintaining the water quality of Vermont. In past years, NorthWoods subcontracted with the Orleans County Natural Resources Conservation District (OCNRCD) to restore riparian habitat on stream and lake shores in the Memphremagog watershed. This year, with the support of the OCNRCD, NorthWoods successfully applied for the ERP grant directly and will now be running both the Trees for Streams Magog and Lakeshore Buffering program for 2015. These programs consist of planting at least [Read More...]

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