Forest Stewardship Institute

7 12, 2015

This Week in the Woods: Balsam Firs are Busy

2016-12-13T19:11:54-05:00December 7th, 2015|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News, This Week in the Woods|

The Balsam Firs are busy! Not only do they serve as one of the most popular choices for Christmas trees, they are also highly medicinal. This tree has been used throughout history by many Native Americans, such as the Iroquois, Algonquin, Abenaki, Penobscot, and others. The resin can be used on cuts and burns, as well as turned into a chest ointment for colds and congestion. A tea can be made from the needles to sooth coughs and colds. Once made into an essential oil, it can be used to calm [Read More...]

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28 10, 2015

Giving Tuesday & Jay Peak Donor Challenge

2016-12-13T19:11:55-05:00October 28th, 2015|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

  Tomorrow is national Giving Tuesday. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you, our good friends, for your past support of NorthWoods’ programs and let you know just how much community giving means to us. We couldn't do it without you! Last December, our Fall fund drive raised $21,000 toward the cost of offering conservation and outdoor programs. This year, our goal is to raise $20,000 by the end of the year. To help NorthWoods continue to provide quality educational and conservation programming in Northern New England, we are asking friends [Read More...]

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26 10, 2015

Native Trees & Shrubs Planted to Help Local Rivers and Wildlife

2016-12-13T19:11:55-05:00October 26th, 2015|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

NorthWoods and Beck Pond LLC staff plant trees and shrubs along the shores of the Connecticut river. Photo by the CT River Watershed Council, Inc. The Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) and project partners recently finished planting nearly 400 native trees and shrubs along more than 900 feet of riverbank in Orford, New Hampshire as well as in Bradford and Groton, Vermont. The riverside plantings on the Wells, Waits and Connecticut rivers will help reduce erosion, improve water quality by filtering out pollutants, and increase habitat for fish and [Read More...]

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9 09, 2015

$375,000 grant will expand AmeriCorps service in the NEK

2016-12-13T19:11:55-05:00September 9th, 2015|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

AmeriCorps crew members building tent platforms this summer. Heard the latest from Vermont Business Magazine?   Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) Friday announced a $375,000 federal grant to the Patrick and Marcelle Leahy Center for Rural Students at Lyndon State College to improve access to education for Vermont students.  The grant helps to leverage more than $1 million to expand AmeriCorps service and to advance educational opportunities to first-generation, low-income students across the Green Mountain State. Leahy, the senior-most member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, helped to establish the Patrick [Read More...]

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17 08, 2015

VCF Announces 29 Grants in Communities Across State

2016-12-13T19:11:55-05:00August 17th, 2015|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

NorthWoods was proud to be a recipient of a Vermont Community Foundation grant this spring. Check out the other great work that is being done throughout the state through VCF funding: The Vermont Community Foundation, in partnership with some of its fundholders, awarded a total of $57,435 in Small and Inspiring grants to 29 organizations for local projects in communities across the state this spring. One of a number of competitive grant rounds at the Community Foundation, the Small and Inspiring grants program funds work that helps connect people to their [Read More...]

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10 08, 2015

2015 Conservation Corps Celebration

2016-12-13T19:11:55-05:00August 10th, 2015|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

The NorthWoods Conservation Corps completed a busy 6-week summer field season on Friday August 7 with a gathering of ten crews from throughout New England. Eighty-six young people participated in the Corps this season--the largest in many years. Crews operated up and down the Connecticut River Valley and in remote corners of Vermont and New Hampshire- improving wildlife habitats, building and maintaining trails, and increasing access to our natural areas. To cap off the tremendous work of the season, the crews participated in the annual Field Day Competition--a series of lumberjack-style [Read More...]

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5 08, 2015

Knotweed Photo Volunteers Wanted

2016-12-13T19:11:55-05:00August 5th, 2015|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, News|

The NorthWoods Stewardship Center in East Charleston Vermont, and the Upper Connecticut River Watershed Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (UCCISMA) are seeking volunteers to take some photos! We need people who are willing to visit our identified Japanese Knotweed treatment sites to take GPS points and photo points so we can have have documentation of pre-treatment and post-treatment conditions. There are sites in both northern New Hampshire and northeastern Vermont, all within the Upper Connecticut River Watershed. Some sites are accessible by car while others require a short walk or canoe. [Read More...]

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16 07, 2015

NorthWoods Welcomes AmeriCorps NCCC Moose One Team

2016-12-13T19:11:55-05:00July 16th, 2015|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

AmeriCorps volunteers have long been a cornerstone of NorthWoods projects and programming, but new this year, NorthWoods is fortunate to host nine members of the AmeriCorps NCCC Atlantic Region Moose One Team. The AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) is a full-time team-based youth service crew, which partners with non-profits, schools, state agencies and other community organizations to complete service projects in a variety of disciplines across the region. The Moose One team members range in age from 18-24 and hail from across the country, representing Florida, New York, South Carolina, Georgia, California, [Read More...]

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15 07, 2015

Spitzer Forest Fall Recap

2016-12-13T19:11:56-05:00July 15th, 2015|Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

UVM professor Bill Keeton (center) leads students through forest sampling protocol Every year brings changes to the Lydia Spitzer Demonstration Demonstration Forest at NorthWoods, but 2015 marked some especially exciting progress! With the field season winding down, fall is a great time to reflect on our accomplishments over the past year. Our Forest Stewardship program launched into summer with the completion of our updated forest management plan, and acceptance of the Spitzer Forest into the Forest Guild Model Forest program. The mission of the Model Forest program is to “recognize places, people, [Read More...]

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10 07, 2015

DEC Restoration Grant Supports NorthWoods Watershed Work

2016-12-13T19:11:56-05:00July 10th, 2015|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

A conservation crew from NorthWoods Stewardship Center will be completing two weeks of watershed work this summer thanks to an Ecosystem Restoration Program (ERP) grant from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The crew—based in the Caledonia County village of East Burke—will address stormwater impairments in the Passumpsic River watershed, including projects in Burke and Newark. Stormwater runoff is a major contributor to soil erosion, sedimentation and water pollution. The NorthWoods Conservation Corps crew will work with partners at Q Burke Mountain and Burke Mountain Academy to install Low Impact Development (LID) structures such as rain [Read More...]

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