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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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Spring Songbirds in Vermont
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Spring Songbirds in Vermont

10 Min Read

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
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Spring in Vermont’s watersheds: wetland and floodplain plants

5 Min Read

Ten old growth forests to visit in Vermont
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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

Forging a path for collective land ownership at The Farm Upstream
Group of five farmers -- two holding chickens -- standing in farmstead with barn behind them. The Farm Upstream. Jericho Vermont. collective farm
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Forging a path for collective land ownership at The Farm Upstream

5 Min Read Farms & Local Food
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
The time to respond to climate change is now
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The time to respond to climate change is now

3 Min Read Climate & Carbon
Hemlock-loving invasive insects are moving north
detail image of a hemlock twig with the tell-tale white spots that are hemlock woolly adelgid.
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Hemlock-loving invasive insects are moving north

3 Min Read Trees & Forests
How to identify hemlock trees
low sun shining through hemlock tree in vermont forest
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How to identify hemlock trees

3 Min Read Trees & Forests
“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

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