conservation

24 10, 2024

Conservation Options for Landowners

2024-10-24T15:27:10-04:00October 24th, 2024||

Join us for a panel discussion and Q&A with local conservation organizations to learn about the variety of options available to landowners interested in conserving their property. We will cover the logistics, benefits, and importance of conserving forest and farmland in Vermont. This event is hosted by the Bean Brook Conservation Partnership and the NorthWoods Stewardship Center. Location: Newark Street School: 1448 Newark Street, Newark, VT Date: Wednesday November 13th 5:45pm - 8:00pm Panelists include: Vermont Land Trust Northeast Wilderness Trust Forest Legacy Trust for Public Lands Natural Resource Conservation Service [Read More...]

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28 09, 2023

Repairing Erosion with Encapsulated Soil Lifts

2023-09-28T13:52:54-04:00September 28th, 2023|Conservation science, Highlights, News, Watersheds|

A river bank before and after the installation of an encapsulated soil lift. Whether paddling, casting a fishing line, or just enjoying a beautiful sunset, lakes and ponds are an integral part of the Vermont landscape. Over time, these beloved areas can become disturbed through the erosive pressures of foot traffic, wave and ice action, and the removal of native vegetation. Disturbed shorelines are directly tied to decreased water quality and require action to conserve our water resources.  An encapsulated soil lift is a best management practice that repairs [Read More...]

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21 04, 2023

Watershed Program Coordinator Kaitlin Alford

2023-08-23T10:09:44-04:00April 21st, 2023|Con Sci Staff, Watersheds|

Kaitlin Alford earned a degree in Ecological and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Virginia, then went on to pursue positions in the conservation field ranging from teacher naturalist to biology lab manager to communications coordinator for Vermont State Parks. She is excited to expand her conservation skills through her work as Watershed Program Coordinator at NorthWoods. Outside of work, you can find Kaitlin frolicking in the forests near Hardwick with her partner and their dog, paddling the Lamoille River, or volunteering with The Civic Standard.

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21 02, 2023

Staff Visit the NY State Tree Nursery in Saratoga

2023-08-23T10:10:02-04:00February 21st, 2023|Conservation science, Highlights, News, Riparian Lands, Science|

This month, Jess Colby (Riparian Lands Project Coordinator) and Brooke Fleischman (State Seed Coordinator for the Intervale Conservation Nursery) visited the New York State Tree Nursery in Saratoga to learn more about their seed collection, processing, and storage techniques. The Colonel William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery is the oldest state forest tree nursery in the country. The nursery currently produces more than 1.5 million seedlings annually and maintains more than 200 acres of seed production areas and orchards across the state. More than 6 million seedlings, representing over [Read More...]

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31 01, 2023

Riparian Lands Crew Members Featured on Restoration Podcast

2023-08-23T10:10:18-04:00January 31st, 2023|Conservation science, Highlights, News, Riparian Lands|

If you've been curious to hear a little more about our staff's seed collection efforts you are in luck! In December, Riparian Projects and Forestry Outreach Coordinator Jess Colby and Riparian Lands Crew members Rob Fitch and Rhona Thomson were interviewed about their recent work on wild seed collection with the Restoration Roundup podcast. This watersheds and restoration-focused podcast is hosted by Cate Krieder and Alison Adams and is funded by the EPA and operated by the UVM Extension and the Lake Champlain Sea Grant. In this series, the hosts interview [Read More...]

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13 09, 2022

Seeding Conservation – Staff Highlight: Jessica Colby

2023-08-23T10:11:14-04:00September 13th, 2022|Conservation science, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News, Riparian Lands, Science, Staff|

Jess Colby knew since she was a kid that she wanted to work in conservation. Currently working as our Riparian Projects & Forestry Outreach Coordinator, Jess brings expertise from her degree at UVM, plus years working and volunteering with various conservation agencies and organizations to her work at NorthWoods in riparian restoration work and wildlife conservation.  One of her early introductions to the world of conservation was working with NorthWoods' YCC crew at the Pondicherry division of the Silvio O Conte NFWR as a teenager. "I've always been pretty set on [Read More...]

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3 08, 2022

Women’s Crew Digs in on NEK Trails

2022-08-03T18:46:40-04:00August 3rd, 2022|Conservation Corps, Highlights, News|

The Women's Crew has been making a splash as NorthWoods' newest local day crew, working on projects throughout the NEK. Women have long made up a larger-than-usual proportion of NorthWoods crews and staff at large but this is the first year the organization has hosted a women's-only crew, consisting of three college-age leaders and three high-school-age members. Crew leader Ash Cray has previously led crews for other organizations and said she experienced many challenges being respected as a woman in a male-dominated field. She has found working with the all-women team [Read More...]

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29 06, 2022

Seed Collection Continues!

2023-08-23T10:11:35-04:00June 29th, 2022|Conservation science, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News, Riparian Lands, Science|

With the seeds of spring-dispersed species ripening and falling throughout the past month, the Riparian Lands crew has had plenty of work to do, collecting, processing, storing, and broadcasting native tree seeds for a direct seeding project in partnership with Vermont Fish and Wildlife and the Connecticut River Conservancy. Silver maple was the main focal species for collection, with the goal of restoring a plot of land within the Johnson Farms WMA from hayfield to silver maple floodplain. Previously, the project area was mowed, treated with herbicide to control invasive reed [Read More...]

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3 06, 2022

Spring Seed Collection Adventures

2023-08-23T10:11:44-04:00June 3rd, 2022|Conservation science, Highlights, News, Riparian Lands, Science|

The Riparian Lands crew has been out scouting and collecting seeds as part of our direct seeding project with Vermont Fish and Wildlife. Species we have been focusing on this spring include: quaking aspen, bigtooth aspen, balsam poplar, eastern cottonwood, black willow, shrub willow, silver maple, red maple, and American elm. Over the past couple months, the crew has been scouting out locations for potential collection sites and gathering data on the different tree and shrub species. Observations on weather, flowering dates, seed formation, and other notes have been collected for [Read More...]

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31 01, 2022

Forest Management for Bats

2022-01-31T10:40:49-05:00January 31st, 2022|Conservation science, Highlights, News, Science|

Small Mammal Biologist, Alyssa Bennett, recently visited the NorthWoods Stewardship Center to talk about the nine different bat species found in Vermont, their habitat requirements, and some ways that landowners and natural resource professionals may be able to better manage Vermont forests for bats. Many of our bat species are currently listed as threatened or endangered, with white-nose syndrome negatively affecting cave-dwelling species. Forest management for bats should be focused around three basic habitat needs: roosting areas, foraging sites, and fresh water sources.    Bats often roost in dead and dying [Read More...]

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