Autumn is a good time to get to know, and organically treat, the invasive exotic plants in your forest.

At Vermont Family Forests’ Anderson Wells Farm in Lincoln, a sweet, simple, 12′ x 20′ barn stands at the head…  MORE>

Turn over a rock or two at the edge of a mountain stream, and you’re likely to uncover a salamander….  MORE>

Come learn about edible and medicinal spring wildflowers with herbalist Ali Zimmer in this 11-minute video.

Up at Vermont Family Forests’ Wells Farm in Lincoln, we’ve done some pretty significant pruning of the 50 or so…  MORE>

Spring salamanders need clear, cold, highly oxygenated, pesticide-free streams and springs. David Brynn explores how commoners can help.

David Brynn explores four treatment options for Emerald Ash Borer.

What can we do about emerald ash borer? From what we know at this point, inoculation tops the list of…  MORE>

Organizing cost-effective, organic inoculation of ash groves to preserve seed production in the face of emerald ash borer. By David…  MORE>

At a time when logging equipment is getting bigger and Vermont’s private forests are getting smaller, it’s increasingly challenging for…  MORE>

Last week, we won the jackpot. Well, more specifically, our conservation forester, Kathleen Stutzman, did. The prize? A 12,000-pound portable…  MORE>

by David Brynn This week I had the opportunity to fell and girdle large trees in a family forest in…  MORE>

Vermont Family Forests has hosted “Game of Logging” chainsaw training courses for more than 15 years, taught by the top-notch…  MORE>

In early September, VFF staff ventured into our neighboring White Mountains of New Hampshire to take part in a two-day…  MORE>

by David Brynn  In late October of 2017, a strong storm out of the southeast blew over hundreds of trees…  MORE>

On March 17, 2018, twenty landowners joined Vermont Family Forests to get a close-up look at the practical opportunities and…  MORE>