Welcome, Winter!
Tending the Solstice fire at the Waterworks By 4:15pm, the sun had dropped behind the white pines flanking the beaver… MORE>
Posts for: Center-West Ecoregion Happenings.
Twenty Years of Local Boat-building, Rowing, & Racing
For 20 years, Vermont Family Forests partnered with Lake Champlain Maritime Museum to provide wood from healthy forests for LCMM’s boat-building program.
Testing the Waters, Tending the Land
This past summer, Vermont Family Forests teamed with the Addison County River Watch Collaborative to monitor the water quality of Isham Brook and Beaver Meadow Brook. The findings shed light on land health.
Woodwinds near the Middle Barn
In July we celebrated summer with our 10th Annual Woodwinds in the Middle Barn concert.
Bringing Wild Forests to Vermont’s Use Value Program
VFF Executive Director David Brynn describes the efforts of Wild Forests Vermont to amend Vermont’s Current Use Program to include wild forests.
VFF weighs in on Wild Forests and Vermont’s Current Use Program
VFF’s David Brynn recently testified to the Vermont House Natural Resources Committee on proposed changes to Vermont’s Use Value program.
EARTH ALIVE! Applying an Earth-centered Worldview in the Forested Watersheds of Home
EARTH ALIVE! Watch David Brynn’s recent presentation to the Lewis Creek Association.
Mapping app brings a little Hogwarts to Family Forestry
At Vermont Family Forests, we’ve been using the mapping app, Avenza, in the forests we work in.
Lines of Grace at Abraham’s Knees
We’re building a new access trail at the Abraham’s Knees forest on the side of Mount Abraham.
Solid footing–and a ride–for Wells Farm barn
At Vermont Family Forests’ Anderson Wells Farm in Lincoln, a sweet, simple, 12′ x 20′ barn stands at the head… MORE>
New Bumper Sticker Celebrates Organic Forestry and Spring Salamanders
Turn over a rock or two at the edge of a mountain stream, and you’re likely to uncover a salamander…. MORE>
Our first virtual forest walk: Exploring medicinal and edible wildflowers
Come learn about edible and medicinal spring wildflowers with herbalist Ali Zimmer in this 11-minute video.
One dark and rainy night: Up close with Spotted Salamanders
by Sandra Murphy Water rose around my boots as I stepped through the meadow grass by the little pond on… MORE>
A Spring Salamander’s Eye View of Forest Health
Spring salamanders need clear, cold, highly oxygenated, pesticide-free streams and springs. David Brynn explores how commoners can help.
VFF’s Abenaki Cultural Use Land Access Project: Mutually Beneficial Relationship in Action
With the help of Middlebury College students, VFF is launching a project to facilitate mutually beneficial access to private forestlands for Abenaki citizens.
The Ash Grove Seed Project: Responding to EAB Organically Without Breaking the Bank
David Brynn explores four treatment options for Emerald Ash Borer.
Commoners Explore Ways to Care for Our Natural Commonwealth
“Hail Winooski River! Hail Mad River! Hail Middlebury River! Hail Lake Champlain!” With this rousing tribute, Caring for Our Home… MORE>
An Imperfect Picture: Why We need Commons Conservation
Our Commons Conservation Congress painting illustrates an inconvenient truth about Vermont’s beautiful landscape. Read more>
Taking Action for Ash Trees: Organic Inoculation
What can we do about emerald ash borer? From what we know at this point, inoculation tops the list of… MORE>
Getting Our Ash Together
Organizing cost-effective, organic inoculation of ash groves to preserve seed production in the face of emerald ash borer. By David… MORE>
