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Spring Songbirds in Vermont
A grayish brown bird with a brilliant yellow throat, the Common Yellowthroat opens its mouth to sing from a small tree branch.
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Spring Songbirds in Vermont

10 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
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
Leave it to beavers
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Leave it to beavers

11 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Learning from beaver dams
tree trunk with beaver gnawed section in foreground and forested wetland in background
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Learning from beaver dams

6 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Lichens: partners for life
A close-up of pin-cushion sunburst lichen
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Lichens: partners for life

5 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
The wonder of moss in our backyard
An old stone wall covered in green moss
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The wonder of moss in our backyard

6 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
A home for wildlife in Granville
Night-time photo of toad - Granville land protected for wildlife conservation and species biodiversity
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A home for wildlife in Granville

5 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
How wood turtles and ostrich ferns responded to Vermont floods
close up of a wood turtle looking at the camera in riverside habitat near the Winooski River in Vermont
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How wood turtles and ostrich ferns responded to Vermont floods

4 Min Read Water & Soil
Sugarmakers at Hi Vue Farms secure sweet deal for wildlife
Jessica Boone of Hi Vue Farms standing by old stone wall on her conserved forestland in Vermont
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Sugarmakers at Hi Vue Farms secure sweet deal for wildlife

3 Min Read Farms & Local Food
Identify Vermont Wildflowers in Winter
Orange-red American Bittersweet clusters
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Identify Vermont Wildflowers in Winter

5 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Winter Birds in Vermont 
tufted titmouse, a common winter bird in Vemront, perched on a snowy branch looking at camera
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Winter Birds in Vermont 

5 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Forest mushrooms in Vermont
purple mushroom
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Forest mushrooms in Vermont

4 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Identify summer wildflowers in Vermont
mountain cranberry with pink flowers
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Identify summer wildflowers in Vermont

5 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Large Stretch of Central Vermont Will Remain Wooded
View from hilly summit of rolling forested hills as fas as eye can see - Vermont - forests, wildlife, climate
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Large Stretch of Central Vermont Will Remain Wooded

4 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Identify Vermont wildflowers in spring
purple hepatica are spring wildflowers in vermont
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Identify Vermont wildflowers in spring

7 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Identify Common Trees in Vermont
peeling yellow birch bark
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Identify Common Trees in Vermont

5 Min Read Trees & Forests
Discover the secret world of vernal pools
woman walking near a vernal pool
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Discover the secret world of vernal pools

5 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Crafting a land ethic
Aldo Leopold (credit: courtesy of the Aldo Leopold Foundation - www.aldoleopold.org
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Crafting a land ethic

5 Min Read People & Communities
What does an old forest look like?
fallen log with bright green moss growing on it
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What does an old forest look like?

7 Min Read Trees & Forests
Spotted salamanders’ big night out
Salamander peeking through grass
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Spotted salamanders’ big night out

4 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
How do white cedars grow in the wild?
white ceder branch detail
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How do white cedars grow in the wild?

5 Min Read Trees & Forests
What’s that sound? Wood frogs!
wood frog on green foliage
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What’s that sound? Wood frogs!

1 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Have you seen snow fleas?
Springtails
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Have you seen snow fleas?

1 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Purple pitcher plants and peat bogs
Pitcher plants
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Purple pitcher plants and peat bogs

7 Min Read Wildlife & Nature

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