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28 01, 2025

2025 VT Coverts Cooperator Training

2025-01-28T11:36:28-05:00January 28th, 2025|, , |

Choose your weekend! Spring Training: April 25-27 at Northwoods Stewardship Center, East Charleston, VT Fall Training: September 12-14 Kehoe Conservation Camp, Castleton, VT If you love your woodlands, enjoy seeing wildlife and want to learn how a healthy forest can enhance wildlife habitat, provide recreational and timber benefits this weekend is for you! Learn about managing your woodlands and reaching out to others in your community by attending. This program connects you with resource professionals, landowners and others while learning how you can improve your woodlands. To learn more, apply online, see a [Read More...]

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13 01, 2025

Soap Making Workshop

2025-01-24T14:38:02-05:00January 13th, 2025||

Sunday, February 23, 2025, 1pm-3pm at the NorthWoods Lodge Make bar soap in the same method that’s been used for hundreds of years in this 2 hour workshop. Participants will learn how to make soap in the castile method using either olive oil or tallow. The cost of the workshop not only includes a loaf of bar soap (10-12 bars), but also the knowledge and tools needed to continue making soap on your own. This minimally processed soap is free from harsh chemicals and synthetic ingredients, making it gentle on skin, [Read More...]

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30 08, 2024

Project Learning Tree Teacher Training

2024-09-16T08:52:38-04:00August 30th, 2024|, |

Thursday, November 7, 10am-3pm. Please bring your lunch. Educators, join us for a day of Project Learning Tree with Rebecca Roy, Parks Interpretive Program Manager of VT Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation. "If you’re an educator looking to integrate environmental education into your curriculum and become comfortable teaching outdoors—in urban, suburban, and rural environments, then Project Learning Tree (PLT) instructional materials may be the resource you're searching for. More than half a million educators have attended a PLT workshop since the program began in 1976. PLT’s professional development workshops train educators: [Read More...]

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12 03, 2024

Game of Logging Levels 1 & 2

2024-03-12T16:59:55-04:00March 12th, 2024||

Level 1 - Saturday, May 18, Level 2 - Sunday, May 19 Cost: $220 per level Expert instructors from Northeast Woodland Training will teach the fundamentals of safe chainsaw use, precision tree felling, and equipment care. Take the guesswork out of sawing- your safety matters! For more information and to register contact forestry@northwoodscenter.org. Pre-registration required; space is limited, so sign up early!

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12 03, 2024

Game of Logging Levels 1 & 2

2024-03-12T16:53:35-04:00March 12th, 2024||

Level 1 - Saturday, August 17, Level 2 - Sunday, August 18 Cost: $220 per level Expert instructors from Northeast Woodland Training will teach the fundamentals of safe chainsaw use, precision tree felling, and equipment care. Take the guesswork out of sawing- your safety matters! For more information and to register contact forestry@northwoodscenter.org. Pre-registration required; space is limited, so sign up early!

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12 03, 2024

Game of Logging Levels 3 & 4

2024-03-12T16:50:22-04:00March 12th, 2024||

Level 3- Saturday, September 7, Level 4 - Sunday, September 8 Cost: $220 per level Ready to step up your chainsaw game? Levels 3 and 4 give experienced sawyers the skills to deal with challenging trees and hazardous situations in the woods. Level 3 focuses on trees with heavy lean, compression/tension, and limbing/bucking techniques. Level 4 shows you how to deal with hung-up trees, and may include winching, rope use, harvest pre-planning, or other topics, depending on the group interests. Both levels include precision felling practice. Participants must have taken Game of Logging Levels [Read More...]

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15 08, 2018

New Hunting & Angling Workshop Series Kicks Off

2018-08-15T10:54:16-04:00August 15th, 2018|Education, Highlights, News|

NorthWoods Stewardship Center (NWSC) and the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Conservation Group (VFWCG) are excited to announce Modern Traditions in Hunting and Angling, a workshop series kicking off this September. The upcoming workshops give equal weight to “the old ways” – traditions in hunting and angling that include a deep connection with the land and wildlife – as well as a modern approach and understanding of the role that hunting and fishing have in conservation and our communities today. While the mission and community of both non-profit organizations have often covered [Read More...]

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1 05, 2018

GOL: Hands-on Learning and Competition in the Woods

2018-05-01T14:50:59-04:00May 1st, 2018|Conservation Corps, Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News|

This past weekend we hosted our annual spring Game of Logging workshop at NorthWoods. The Game of Logging (GOL) is a chainsaw skills and safety training curriculum developed in the 1960s by Swedish logger and instructor Soren Eriksson, focusing on small hands-on group learning and friendly competition to instill successful chainsaw techniques, felling strategies and safety practices. GOL is one of the most popular adult workshops we host, with multiple yearly workshops nearly always selling out well in advance of the event. GOL can only be taught by certified instructors, [Read More...]

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15 11, 2013

NorthWoods Forest Comes Alive at an Educators Workshop

2016-12-13T19:12:16-05:00November 15th, 2013|Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, News|

How long has it been since you’ve dug your hands into the dirt or looked deep into the cavity of a rotten tree? At the Project Learning Tree Educators Workshop, hosted by NorthWoods and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation this October, adults explored these childhood pastimes from a new vantage point. We dug far enough into the dirt that a story unfolded about the geologic history and the land use patterns throughout the NorthWoods property. It made sense that a forest tour would begin with an investigation into [Read More...]

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14 11, 2013

Women Can Do 2013

2016-12-13T19:12:16-05:00November 14th, 2013|Conservation Corps, Education, News|

This year, as we have done for the past two years, Cody and I shared the pleasures and pitfalls of working with chainsaws with about 60 girls who will be Vermont’s next generation of fierce workforce women. This year, to our surprise and delight, the weather was perfect - crisp enough that we knew it was fall, but sunny enough that we could get away with wearing t-shirts. On the beautiful Old Dorm Green at Vermont Technical College, Cody and I set up our saw horses and pole-sized logs, and waited for our students to appear. [Read More...]

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