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The NorthWoods Conservation Corps recently partnered with the Passumpsic Valley Land Trust (PVLT) to improve water access and remediate existing points of erosion on the Passumpsic River. Learn more about the project in this write up, courtesy of the PVLT, and learn more about their organization by visiting their website. New Enhancements at Passumpsic Valley Land Trust's Confluence Property Want to launch a canoe or kayak in Lyndon at the confluence of the East and West Branches of the Passumpsic River? Recall that PVLT acquired the former Alfred Smith property along [Read More...]
NorthWoods is pleased to announce that Colleen Goodridge from Albany, VT will be this year's recipient of the George Buzzell Forest Stewardship Award. The award is given annually to a member of the Northeast Kingdom community who has made a positive impact on forestry in the region. Through this award we also honor the late George Buzzell, a long-time Orleans County Forester known for his sense of humor, respect for the people he served, and overall dedication to his work and to the forest. Colleen demonstrates the spirit of this award [Read More...]
While we often think of springtime as the time for crazy amounts of tree-planting, fall can also be a good time to plant young trees and jump start the restoration of a riparian area. This week, the Conservation Corps finished up a flood plain forest restoration planting of 2300 trees and shrubs along the shores of the CT River in Piedmont, NH. The 7.5 acre parcel had previously been used as a corn field, but will now be converted back into silver maple flood plain forest - protecting the water from [Read More...]
Kim explains the saw at the chainless 'safe station'. Enthusiasm wasn’t dampened by a little afternoon rain last Thursday when female high-school students learned how to safely use chainsaws and cut tree cookies at the Women Can Do Expo at Vermont Technical College in Randolph, Vermont. The Expo is an annual event put on by Vermont Works for Women, an organization dedicated to helping women advance in non-traditional careers and investing in the next generation of working women. NorthWoods Stewardship Center has participated for the past 6 years running a chainsaw skills [Read More...]
Conservation crews from the NorthWoods Stewardship Center recently completed several projects that improve access to New Hampshire’s great outdoors. The work, done in cooperation with local and state partners, includes two segments connected with the 162-mile Cohos Trail and an access area that further improves the Connecticut River Paddlers Trail. All three projects are intended to increase sustainable recreational access in the North Country while protecting natural resources. They also have the benefit of engaging local youth in natural resource education and management. Earlier this month, NorthWoods finished construction of the 4-mile Trio Trail in the remote [Read More...]
This summer, a youth conservation crew from NorthWoods Stewardship Center completed several watershed improvement projects in the Passumpsic River Basin thanks to an Ecosystem Restoration Program (ERP) grant from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The crew cooperated with local towns, non-profits, and businesses to reduce stormwater erosion, improve water quality, and enhance river access on the Passumpsic. The NorthWoods Conservation Corps “Burke Crew” completed over 1000 hours of watershed-based training and service work, including improvements to two river access points in Lyndon, numerous roadside runoff projects in Burke and Newark, and the installation of stormwater [Read More...]
After several months of careful planning and trail work a new route to the top of Wheeler Mountain is ready to open. The new Wheeler Mountain Trail climbs the mountain ridge from the south and replaces the former Red and White Trails, which were plagued by issues of overuse and are now closed. The project was spearheaded by NorthWoods Stewardship Center in cooperation with the landowner and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. “NorthWoods is in the business of expanding recreational access to public lands”, states Luke O’Brien, the NorthWoods Trails Director, “so it [Read More...]
NorthWoods Stewardship Center was proud to welcome senior U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) to campus on Friday, August 5th, where he spoke to the crowd gathered for the annual Conservation Corps Season Celebration. Over 70 young people and their families were in attendance to hear the senator speak, celebrate the successful end of the 2016 season and participate in a friendly competition of Olympic-style field events. Over the course of the summer, eleven crews of young men and women, aged 15 to 20, were stationed on wildlife refuges and public trails [Read More...]
NorthWoods Stewardship Center is honored to welcome US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) as he joins us on Friday, August 5th, for our 2016 Conservation Corps Season Celebration. Senator Leahy has been an advocate for environmental conservation throughout Vermont and across the United States since gaining office in 1974. An ongoing supporter of conservation efforts along the upper Connecticut River watershed, the Senator helped establish the 26,000 acre Nulhegan basin division of the Silvio O Conte National Wildlife Refuge where youth crews from the NorthWoods Conservation Corps work each summer. Senator Patrick Leahy and wife, Marcelle [Read More...]
