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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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“This is where we belong”: Couple decides to donate land for the forest’s future
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“This is where we belong”: Couple decides to donate land for the forest’s future

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Flood safety and clean water in Vermont: Natural, lasting solutions
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Flood safety and clean water in Vermont: Natural, lasting solutions

6 Min Read

Farm Fresh Local Food for All
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Farm Fresh Local Food for All

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A home for wildlife in Granville
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A home for wildlife in Granville

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Seven things you can do to prepare your woods for a changing climate
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Seven things you can do to prepare your woods for a changing climate

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“This is where we belong”: Couple decides to donate land for the forest’s future
a couple looking at each other in the summer woods in vermont
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“This is where we belong”: Couple decides to donate land for the forest’s future

3 Min Read People & Communities
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
Paying it forward: Glinnis Hill Farm
Man and woman farming in hoop-house -tending to lettuce in the field. Glinnis Hill Farm, Berlin Vermont
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Paying it forward: Glinnis Hill Farm

3 Min Read Farms & Local Food
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
Flood safety and clean water in Vermont: Natural, lasting solutions
Conserved creek winding through a floodplain of woods and cornfield in Vermont. Meandering creeks in natural floodplains are better for clean water and flood safety.
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Flood safety and clean water in Vermont: Natural, lasting solutions

6 Min Read Water & Soil
Farm Fresh Local Food for All
Christine watering plant starts in a greenhouse on Blue Heron Farm in Grand Isle Vermont
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Farm Fresh Local Food for All

6 Min Read Inclusion & Justice
Striving for healthy woods and happy songbirds in Brattleboro
four people looking at an emerald ash borer trap at whetstone woods in Brattleboro
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Striving for healthy woods and happy songbirds in Brattleboro

4 Min Read Trees & Forests
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
A new community forest with trails in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom
a boardwalk going over a stream/creek and trail continuing into woods - community forest Burke Vermont
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A new community forest with trails in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom

3 Min Read Recreation
Helping Vermont’s forests adapt to climate change
aerial photo of forest, hills, and wetlands in the fall - Vermont
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Helping Vermont’s forests adapt to climate change

6 Min Read Climate & Carbon
Forging ahead at Champlain Valley Farm
View across green pasture of farm buildings and silos - Addison, Vermont
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Forging ahead at Champlain Valley Farm

3 Min Read Farms & Local Food
Seven things you can do to prepare your woods for a changing climate
forester examining a hemlock for woolly adelgid, one of the invasive insects that threatens forests in a changing climate
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Seven things you can do to prepare your woods for a changing climate

3 Min Read Climate & Carbon

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