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-Apr. 8th 2021

In the Missisquoi River basin, soils in agricultural lands and adjacent streambanks have more phosphorus than soils in forests and their streambanks.

-Mar. 1st 2021

A widespread survey of maple syrup producers reveals political view and geography play important roles in climate change perceptions.

-Feb. 23rd 2021

Researchers uncover the extent to which rapidly-spreading non-native plants are impacting national parks in the Eastern U.S.

-Jan. 6th 2021

Vermont study finds pandemic pushes people to seek refuge outdoors for the first time in years.

Comparing Soil and Stream Phosphorus Among Farms, Wetlands and Forests in Vermont
In the Missisquoi River basin, soils in agricultural lands and adjacent streambanks have more phosphorus than soils in forests and their streambanks.
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Views of U.S. and Canadian Maple Syrup Producers on Climate Change
A widespread survey of maple syrup producers reveals political view and geography play important roles in climate change perceptions.
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Invasive Plants Threaten National Parks; Vermont Manages to Decrease Invasive Population
Researchers uncover the extent to which rapidly-spreading non-native plants are impacting national parks in the Eastern U.S.
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COVID-19 Increases Visitors to Urban Natural Areas
Vermont study finds pandemic pushes people to seek refuge outdoors for the first time in years.
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Explore Vermont’s Mountain Bird Species
Community scientists collect twenty years of data for interactive tool displaying prevalence of Northeastern mountain birds.
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Virtual Forest Health Meeting: Vermont Forest Health Update and Gypsy Moth Impacts in Massachusetts - On Tuesday, April 27th 8:30-9:30am EST, the first half of this webinar will be an update on the Forest Health Conditions of Vermont from the 2020 field season. The second half of the webinar will present an overview of the recent gypsy moth outbreak in Massachusetts and will discuss strategies taken to combat the insect as well as what might be expected in Vermont. 2021-04-27

Visualization Tools to Communicate Riverine Erosion Hazards and Improve Flood Resiliency in Headwater Communities of the Lake Champlain Basin - On Wednesday, April 28 12-1pm EST, join Kristen Underwood and Lindsay Worley who will provide an update on their research to develop a smart classifier of reach-based sediment erosion, transport and deposition that relies on existing stream geomorphic assessment data stored in the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources online database. 2021-04-28

Nature Uninterrupted Webinar Series: The Wonders of Wood Warblers - Who are the woodland warblers, and why do birders lose their minds over them each spring? On May 5th, 12-1pm EST, discover that these small songbirds are not only incredibly colorful with necklaces and eye-rings, but beautiful songsters as well. 2021-05-05

Through the Lens: Wildlife and Nature Photographer David Middleton - On Wednesday, May 19th 12-1pm EST, Full-time professional photographer David Middleton will showcase his spectacular photos and shares the stories behind them giving an insider’s view of the process behind the image. David has been a professional photographer for more than 35 years and has traveled extensively throughout all of the US and Canada, Central and South America, and more. 2021-05-19

Environmental researchers uncover the understory of the Amazon. - A team of more than 150 collaborators assembled a new dataset on what species of trees are growing in the Amazon. 2021-04-01

Lessons learned in Burkina Faso can contribute to a new decade of forest restoration - An assessment of achievements in Burkina Faso, which has a history of landscape restoration, is critical to informing forest restoration efforts. 2021-03-16

Rise of marine predators reshaped ocean life as dramatically as mass extinctions - Evolutionary arms races between marine animals overhauled ocean ecosystems on scales similar to the mass extinctions triggered by global disasters, a new study shows. 2021-03-08

Demographic traits improve predictions of spatiotemporal changes in community resilience to drought - Communities are increasingly threatened by extreme weather events. This study aims to bring a mechanistic understanding of the processes underlying community resilience to link various measures of resilience to demographic responses within natural communities. 2021-02-15