Learn how to use a chainsaw safely and efficiently in our two course offerings in September, 2026.
Changes to Vermont’s Current Use Program
Our Take on the 2026 Updated UVA Standards by David BrynnVFF Executive Director At VFF we have a saying—”If it isn’t complicated, it isn’t conservation.” On May 31, the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (FPR) put into effect its updated standards for forest plans and forest management for lands enrolled in Vermont’s Use Value Appraisal (UVA or Current …
Protecting Forest Birds at Home
Bird-Friendly Window Solutions By Sandra MurphyVFF Forest Community Outreach At Vermont Family Forests, we devote a lot of time to sharing ideas and practices for maintaining healthy forest habitats that support healthy populations of native wildlife species, including many of the more than 260 species of birds that live in Vermont. But today I’d like to step out of the …
15th Annual Woodwinds in the Middle Barn
Come savor the music of Southward recorder ensemble, followed by wood-fired pizzas. BYO favorite pizza topping!
Name that Wetland Neighbor!
Have you met your wetland neighbors? See if you recognize them in these field camera images collected at our Commoner’s Return land in Bristol.
Family Forest Conservationist Training, Spring 2026
From April – June, 2026, we’ll be offering a six-session training in which you’ll learn 10 core practices for assessing and maintaining forest health. Join us!
Spring 2026 Game of Logging Chainsaw Training
We’ve been hosting Game of Logging chainsaw training twice a year for more than 25 years–that’s how important and top-notch we think this training is.
Spinning Yarns & Celebrating 30 Years
Vermont Family Forests has hosted a whole lot of gatherings since our organization started in 1995. Some have been deeply memorable, some truly magical, some downright delicious. Our most recent event, Barn Yarns with Bill Torrey, was all of these, hands down. On its surface, the gathering at VFF’s Anderson Wells Farm in Lincoln was about storytelling and wood-fired pizzas for a …
Barn Yarns with Bill Torrey
Join master storyteller, woodsman, and author Bill Torrey as he weaves together true, hilarious, heartwarming, and sometimes heart-wrenching stories of his life.
Forestry Students Immerse in VFF Forest Ecosystem Conservation
The Eastern ratsnake’s gleaming body curved along the beech branch overhead, to the amazement and delight of the 35 University of Vermont (UVM) students gathered below. The unexpected encounter with this state-listed threatened species at the Lands of the Watershed Center perfectly illustrated VFF Executive Director David Brynn’s core message to them—that careful forest ecosystem conservation is essential to conserving …
