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-May. 25th 2022

Researchers find that restoring forests could save Vermont $1 billion in flood damages and enhance climate resilience for low-income households.

-May. 17th 2022

Backyard gardeners and small farmers may play a crucial role in crop diversity and seed saving efforts in Vermont.

-Apr. 27th 2022

The Vermont Reptile & Amphibian Atlas catalogs information on herptile species, their habitat, and their conservation status across the state.

-Apr. 7th 2022

Managing for a mosaic of diverse forest habitats across the northeastern U.S. creates a resilient landscape more adapted to climate change.

Floodplain Restoration to Help Property Damage and Social Inequality in the Lake Champlain Basin
Researchers find that restoring forests could save Vermont $1 billion in flood damages and enhance climate resilience for low-income households.
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Motivations for Maintaining Crop Diversity on Vermont Farms
Backyard gardeners and small farmers may play a crucial role in crop diversity and seed saving efforts in Vermont.
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Volunteers Bring Vermont Reptile & Amphibian Atlas Entries up to 116,125
The Vermont Reptile & Amphibian Atlas catalogs information on herptile species, their habitat, and their conservation status across the state.
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Balancing Forest Carbon Storage and Wildlife Habitat
Managing for a mosaic of diverse forest habitats across the northeastern U.S. creates a resilient landscape more adapted to climate change.
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Behavioral Factors and New England Family-Owned Forest Legacy Planning
Researchers discover that the early stages of family forest owned planning is more predictable than those of later stages.
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Introduction to Fly Fishing - Learn the basics of fly fishing in a fun hands on environment on June 28th from 5pm-8pm at the Intervale Center. Topics covered will include tackle, entomology, casting, flies, ecology and so much more! The evening will conclude with fly fishing on a small pond. 2022-06-28

Building Vermont's Clean Water Service Provider Network - This Thursday from 12-1pm, join representatives from the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the newly formed Clean Water Service Providers to learn about Vermont's Clean Water Service Provider Act (Act 76 of 2019) and the many stakeholders/partners involved. 2022-06-30

Vermont's Changing Climate: What the Mad River Valley Can Expect - On Tuesday, July 5th at 5:30pm at the Lareau Farm Pavillion in Waitsfield, enjoy some American Flatbread, connect with your neighbors, and learn about the important work being done to plan for and build a more climate resilient Vermont with Friends of the Mad River. 2022-07-05

Ecological Economics Crash Course - This free course taught by UVM's Jon Erickson will explore the socio-ecological paradigm underlying ecological economics and how other heterodox schools of economic thought can contribute to it based on Erickson's new book, "The Progress Illusion". 2022-07-07

Maine Wild Blueberry Fields Experience Warming Differently Depending on Location, Season, and Time - According to a new University of Maine study, the location, season and the time of day influence how fast temperatures are rising at Maine wild blueberry fields due to climate change 2022-06-27

The Role of Large Wood in Streams as Ecological Corridors for Wildlife Biodiversity - Little is known about how large wood in streams impacts birds and land-based animals. Oregon State University scientists recently published this article where they observed one year of footage from motion-triggered video cameras they set up near multiple large log jams in a creek just west of Corvallis. 2022-06-27

In Struggle to Protect Lake Champlain, Prospects of More Invasive Species are Worrisome - There are 51 nonnative species in Lake Champlain, but only a dozen are considered invasive, this number may soon change if we're not careful. Climate change greatly compounds the spread of invasive species. Possible threats to watch out for in Lake Champlain are the Round Goby, Quagga Mussels, and hydrilla plants. 2022-06-27

New Hybrid Machine Learning Forecasts Lake Ecosystem Responses To Climate Change - Throughout the middle of the 20th century, phosphorus inputs from detergents and fertilizers degraded the water quality of Switzerland’s Lake Geneva, spurring officials to take action to remediate pollution in the 1970s. 2022-06-21