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Field Notes

Curious about the fields, farms, and forests right outside your door? Who lives there and what can we learn from them? Uncover something new with our essays, tips, and insights from the field.

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Farms in flux
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Farms in flux

10 Min Read

Leave it to beavers
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Leave it to beavers

11 Min Read

Spring in Vermont’s watersheds: wetland and floodplain plants
Field Note

Spring in Vermont’s watersheds: wetland and floodplain plants

5 Min Read

Ten old growth forests to visit in Vermont
Field Note

Ten old growth forests to visit in Vermont

4 Min Read

Engaging the next generation of Vermont land stewards
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Engaging the next generation of Vermont land stewards

7 Min Read

Nearly 40 years in, King Farm in Woodstock continues to evolve
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Nearly 40 years in, King Farm in Woodstock continues to evolve

5 Min Read

Happy trails in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom
Man sits on bench next to fat bike in the snow facing a sunny mountain view.
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Happy trails in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom

2 Min Read Recreation
Spring in Vermont’s watersheds: wetland and floodplain plants
close up of wetland plant with tiny leaves and green-petaled flowers and brick-red red pollen clusters. Golden saxifrage is often found in seeps and at the edges of wetlands in our watersheds.
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Spring in Vermont’s watersheds: wetland and floodplain plants

5 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Farms in flux
farmer standing in snowy farmyard with red barn behind and tractor far left. Matt Linehan of Sparrow Arc Farm in Guildhall Vermont is one of many Vermont farmers dealing with climate change
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Farms in flux

10 Min Read Climate & Carbon
Leave it to beavers
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Leave it to beavers

11 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Q&A: Taking the long view
sunny aerial of farm fields in valley with hills on either side. Mettowee Valley, Vermont. Conserved farmland.
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Q&A: Taking the long view

8 Min Read People & Communities
Engaging the next generation of Vermont land stewards
Two students plant a tree in a floodplain field ringed by trees.
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Engaging the next generation of Vermont land stewards

7 Min Read People & Communities
Ten old growth forests to visit in Vermont
Close up of bright orange slime mold on a fallen log in an old growth forest.
Field Note

Ten old growth forests to visit in Vermont

4 Min Read Trees & Forests
Small state, big impact: How donating land and stock brought one retired couple peace of mind
An elderly white couple who chose to donate their Vermont land
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Small state, big impact: How donating land and stock brought one retired couple peace of mind

4 Min Read People & Communities
Trails for all
Man sitting with face turned toward pond and forest full of fall colors.
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Trails for all

5 Min Read Inclusion & Justice
Stepping up for the greater good at Berlin Pond
person fishing from a kayak on large pond, Berlin Vermont
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Stepping up for the greater good at Berlin Pond

6 Min Read Water & Soil
A farm dream realized at Lucas Dairy Farm
five people (men and two teenagers) standing by a farm sign with three grain silos and a red barn behind them. Lucas Dairy Farm_Orwell Vermont
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A farm dream realized at Lucas Dairy Farm

5 Min Read Farms & Local Food
Forest, past and future
Man in a forest blocking the light from a break in the canopy.
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Forest, past and future

5 Min Read Trees & Forests

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