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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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Sugaring at Dummerston’s Bunker Farm
Field Note

Sugaring at Dummerston’s Bunker Farm

6 Min Read

Slowing the flow at Crooked Creek
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Slowing the flow at Crooked Creek

5 Min Read

Discover the secret world of vernal pools
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Discover the secret world of vernal pools

5 Min Read

Identify Vermont wildflowers in spring
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Identify Vermont wildflowers in spring

7 Min Read

Teaming up for 30×30 in Vermont
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Teaming up for 30×30 in Vermont

4 Min Read

Forging a path for collective land ownership at The Farm Upstream
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Forging a path for collective land ownership at The Farm Upstream

5 Min Read

Lichens: partners for life
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Lichens: partners for life

5 Min Read

Learning from beaver dams
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Learning from beaver dams

6 Min Read

Spotted salamanders’ big night out
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Spotted salamanders’ big night out

4 Min Read

“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

3 Min Read

How to identify hemlock trees
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How to identify hemlock trees

3 Min Read

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

Four clues to help identify old forests
mossy old forest nurse log with pine seedlings growing out of it
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Four clues to help identify old forests

3 Min Read Trees & Forests
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
Protect vernal pools with good forest management
two kids releasing a salamander into a vernal pool
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Protect vernal pools with good forest management

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
Emerald ash borer: You can help save Vermont’s ash trees
two women looking at tree with peeling bark that is infected with emerald ash borer
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Emerald ash borer: You can help save Vermont’s ash trees

8 Min Read Trees & Forests
Q&A: Starksboro forest is a learning laboratory
Jerusalem Skyline forest, Starksboro - Caitlin Cusack
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Q&A: Starksboro forest is a learning laboratory

5 Min Read Trees & Forests
Old Road Farm in Granville
Gabby and Henry planting seeds at Old Road Farm in Granville
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Old Road Farm in Granville

3 Min Read Farms & Local Food
Tucker Mountain Town Forest inspires volunteers
Man watering sod on a kiosk roof with woman watching him
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Tucker Mountain Town Forest inspires volunteers

5 Min Read People & Communities
Conserved woodland protects the environment — and economy
David and Cheryl Manse - snowy woods in background - VLT
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Conserved woodland protects the environment — and economy

5 Min Read Trees & Forests
Guest perspective: The people of a place
Calm wide river with green hills on far shore
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Guest perspective: The people of a place

7 Min Read Inclusion & Justice

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