One Landowner’s Toolkit
VFF landowner John McNerney revels in the tools of careful, small scale woods work. Join us as we head into the woods with him.
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An Organic Approach to Invasive Exotic Forest Plants
Autumn is a good time to get to know, and organically treat, the invasive exotic plants in your forest.
Why we don’t permit coyote hunting
We were recently asked why we don’t allow coyote hunting on the lands we hold. Here’s our response.
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.
Apple tree pruning: the joy of making ramial mulch
Up at Vermont Family Forests’ Wells Farm in Lincoln, we’ve done some pretty significant pruning of the 50 or so… MORE>
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 Ecological Disaster of Perpetual-Growth Economics
In this guest blog post, herpetologist Jim Andrews discusses the ecological impacts here at home wrought by our current economic model.
The Ash Grove Seed Project: Responding to EAB Organically Without Breaking the Bank
David Brynn explores four treatment options for Emerald Ash Borer.
An Imperfect Picture: Why We need Commons Conservation
Our Commons Conservation Congress painting illustrates an inconvenient truth about Vermont’s beautiful landscape. Read more>
VFF Landowners Celebrate Forests and Community
More than 20 VFF landowners gathered for lively conversation and wood-fired pizza. Read about it!>
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>
Emerald Ash Borer Hits Home
by Sandra Murphy Last Thursday, among the stream of emails that flowed through the Vermont Family Forests email box was… MORE>
Complex & Adaptive Forestry
A Legacy Visit from Quebec Conservationists by David Brynn Vermont Family Forests recently had the distinct honor to host a… MORE>
Vermont Master Naturalists Explore VFF’s Wells Farm
Guest blog by Jane Dorney Vermont Master Naturalists from the Bristol Five Towns area visited the Wells Farm recently as… MORE>
VFF in a (Video) Nutshell
When Lincoln Library’s librarian Wendy McIntosh approached us to give a presentation about what Vermont Family Forests is up to… MORE>
