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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

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Q&A: What happens after land is conserved?
two women talking and walking on a path through a farm - vermont
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Q&A: What happens after land is conserved?

4 Min Read Farms & Local Food
Vermont dairy farm celebrates decades of farmland conservation
two men working on hay baler - dairy farm Pawlet Vermont
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Vermont dairy farm celebrates decades of farmland conservation

7 Min Read Farms & Local Food
Q&A: What is a conservation land ethic?
hiker walking through park in distance
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Q&A: What is a conservation land ethic?

3 Min Read People & Communities
Forest mushrooms in Vermont
purple mushroom
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Forest mushrooms in Vermont

4 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Q&A: Healthy Roots Collaborative
group of people with corn and onions after a glean on a vermont farm
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Q&A: Healthy Roots Collaborative

4 Min Read Farms & Local Food
Identify summer wildflowers in Vermont
mountain cranberry with pink flowers
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Identify summer wildflowers in Vermont

5 Min Read Wildlife & Nature
Place-based learning for Vermont high school students
young woman drilling into tree as part of a place-based learning program in vermont
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Place-based learning for Vermont high school students

7 Min Read People & Communities
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

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