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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

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
Corse Maple Farm and the sweet stuff
Getting ready for sugaring season, a couple works at wood splitting machine on sunny fall day at Corse Maple Farm
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Corse Maple Farm and the sweet stuff

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
Q&A: Helping the Next Generation of Farmers Buy Land
tomato seedlings
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Q&A: Helping the Next Generation of Farmers Buy Land

4 Min Read Farms & Local Food
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
Harrison’s Homegrown focuses on healthy soil
group of people digging farm soil for healthy soil study at Harrison's Homegrown dairy farm in Vermont
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Harrison’s Homegrown focuses on healthy soil

4 Min Read Water & Soil
Sustainable agriculture at Heartwood Farm
Marina, Andy and Cosmo stand in greenhouse with tall tomato plants at Heartwood Farm, where they practive sustainable agriculture
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Sustainable agriculture at Heartwood Farm

5 Min Read Farms & Local Food

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