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28 04, 2014

NorthWoods Awarded 2014 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence!

2016-12-13T19:12:09-05:00April 28th, 2014|Highlights, News|

On Wednesday, May 14 the NorthWoods Stewardship Center’s Conservation Corps was presented with the Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence at a ceremony at the University of Vermont’s Davis Center in Burlington, Vermont. The Corps was recognized for providing hands-on conservation based education, employment and job skills to Northeast Kingdom youth for 20 years. 2014 marks the Corps’ 20th Anniversary. “The Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence is a real honor and a great way to recognize the important work our youth Corps members have accomplished over the past 20 years” said Ross [Read More...]

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23 04, 2014

NorthWoods Awarded Working Lands Grant

2016-12-13T19:12:09-05:00April 23rd, 2014|Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

The Working Lands Enterprise Board has announced the awarding of a $18,200 grant to NorthWoods Stewardship Center for the purchase of a forwarding trailer and implementation of low-impact timber harvests in the Northeast Kingdom. Vermont Woodlands Association has partnered with NorthWoods in the past to offer educational programs, and will continue to be a key collaborator as demonstration harvests and related workshops develop. NorthWoods is also part of the Vermont Tree Farm Program, which promotes sound forest management and offers a third-party certification opportunity for qualifying landowners with 10 or more acres. [Read More...]

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14 04, 2014

Naturalist Notes – Winter Mushrooming

2016-12-13T19:12:09-05:00April 14th, 2014|Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News, Past Events|

Canada Geese, Robins, Song Sparrows, Red Winged Blackbirds…a cacophony of sounds has just begun anew here at NorthWoods Stewardship Center. You can almost feel the seeds stirring in the soil, and you can definitely taste the sap flowing from our maple trees. (We drink pitchers full of it during staff meetings.) There’s a race among staff to find the first magenta-blossoming Beaked Hazelnut bud, and I’ve heard plans being hatched for whitewater paddling trips. Every day it feels like spring is offering a new spark of life for us to enjoy. Incredibly, only a few weeks [Read More...]

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14 04, 2014

New Summer Corps Initiatives: Springfield MA & Androscoggin River

2016-12-13T19:12:09-05:00April 14th, 2014|Conservation Corps, Highlights, News|

Through NorthWoods’ long standing partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Corps will manage a Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) crew in Springfield MA this summer. The crew is based on our proven model of working with local youth on local conservation projects, with the goal of engaging urban youth. The crew will work on a variety of projects in and around the city of Springfield, working in City Parks and at the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge’s new Fannie Stebbins Unit. Crewmembers will participate in environmental [Read More...]

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14 04, 2014

Clyde Pond Wood Duck Nesting Box Survey

2016-12-13T19:12:10-05:00April 14th, 2014|Conservation Corps, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

Steve Farrow installing a Wood Duck Box, 2006. Overhunted and near extinction in the early twentieth century, the wood duck population is increasing, however, continued loss of quality habitat remains a threat. In 2005, the NorthWoods Conservation Corps partnered with Great Bay Hydro Corporation to build and install seven wood duck nesting boxes around Clyde Pond in Newport, Vermont as part of Great Bay Hydro Corporation's wildlife habitat improvement efforts. Wood ducks have very specific nesting requirements—flooded woodland or vegetated wetlands—and the undeveloped shoreline of Clyde Pond is ideal. Thanks to financial [Read More...]

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14 04, 2014

Agnes M. Lindsay Camp Scholarships

2016-12-13T19:12:10-05:00April 14th, 2014|Education, Highlights, News|

NorthWoods Stewardship Center is pleased to announce a grant from the Manchester, NH based Agnes M. Lindsay Foundation to offer scholarships for children attending NorthWoods summer camps, including new Mountain Bike, Earth Sisters, and Science Discovery Camps. Full and partial scholarships are available. "Every kid deserves to experience the camaraderie and direct connection to the natural world that NorthWoods camps provide,” says NorthWoods Camps Director Maria Young. “We're fortunate to partner with Agnes M. Lindsay to help make camps possible for area families." All camps include a homemade lunch. Always looking for new ways to engage young people [Read More...]

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17 03, 2014

NorthWoods Featured in VT Digger

2016-12-13T19:12:10-05:00March 17th, 2014|Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, News|

In This State: NorthWoods Marks 25 Years Sharing Natural World  Check out the latest about NorthWoods' 25th Anniversary Year in state news website VTDigger! VTDigger.org is a statewide news website that publishes watchdog reports on state government, politics, consumer affairs, business and public policy.   The above article also appeared in the Rutland Herald and the Barre-Monteplier Times-Argus.

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17 03, 2014

Calling Memphremagog Watershed Landowners

2016-12-13T19:12:10-05:00March 17th, 2014|Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

With the goal of improving water quality throughout the watershed, the NorthWoods Stewardship Center is coordinating two projects, in partnership with the Orleans County Natural Resources Conservation District (OCNRCD), called the Memphremagog Watershed Lakeshore Buffering Program and Trees for Streams Memphremagog. Both programs are grant-funded and designed to provide cost-shared tree and shrub planting options for landowners with water frontage, be it stream, river, or lake. Buffering shoreline reduces the amount of runoff into lakes and streams, which improves water quality and reduces the threat of algae blooms. In addition, shoreline plantings help anchor the banks, reducing the amount of property [Read More...]

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16 03, 2014

NorthWoods Conservation Corps Going To College

2016-12-13T19:12:10-05:00March 16th, 2014|Conservation Corps, Education, Highlights, News|

Every summer, NorthWoods Stewardship Center recruits local high school students for conservation projects in and beyond the Northeast Kingdom. These teenagers join the NorthWoods Conservation Corps to build trails, improve wildlife habitats, plant trees on river banks, and battle invasive plants. While working in the field, Corps leaders teach crew members about the science behind the work. This year, crew members will be eligible for three undergraduate science credits from Lyndon Sate College (LSC) if they pass the requirements of the Corps projects. The credit can be used at LSC or transferred to another college. “Experiential learning [Read More...]

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16 03, 2014

New County Forester to Support Orleans Landowners

2016-12-13T19:12:10-05:00March 16th, 2014|Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

Fifteen Orleans County residents turned out for a recent event at NorthWoods to meet Jared Nunnery, the newly appointed Orleans County Forester. We hope that many more of you will have a chance to meet Jared! “I hope to help landowners strengthen relationships with their land, as stewardship of land is driven by a strong connection with the land,” says Jared. “And for landowners who already have a well-established relationship with their land I hope to be able to provide new tools and technical resources to help them achieve their management [Read More...]

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