Erosion Control at Seth Hill Waterworks in Lincoln

Date: Saturday, October 5, 2024Time: 10am-12pmPlace: Parking area for Seth Hill Waterworks, at the end of Water Works Road in Lincoln. Event is free, but please register on EVENTBRITE so we know how many people will be coming. How do you build and maintain erosion-resistant access roads, especially in this time of increasingly powerful storm events? Why avoid using culverts …

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Conserving Herps on the Lands of the Watershed Center

For more than 25 years, herpetologist Jim Andrews has monitored reptile and amphibian populations for Vermont Family Forests’ Colby Hill Ecological Project (CHEP). When Lester and Monique Anderson initiated this long-term ecological study in 1998, their intention was for this on-going research to help inform forest conservation efforts across the greater landscape. As an extension of Jim’s CHEP monitoring work …

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Our 2023 Annual Report

“When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging, the saying goes. It’s a no-brainer. Yet here we are. Climate change is breathing down our necks and blowing down our trees. It’s time to put down the shovel and move from the hole to the whole.” —David Brynn, VFF Executive Director, from 2023 VFF Annual Report Our 2023 Annual Report …

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Gifts for Forest Friends of All Ages

We just got in a shipment of new t-shirts! In addition to restocking our gray, US-grown cotton t-shirts (see below), we’ve printed new, US-made, 100% organic cotton t-shirts especially for the smallest friends of the forest. Printed front and back–check them out below! We have the kids t-shirts in the following sizes:Infant 12-18 months, 18-24 months (canary yellow only)Toddler S(2), …

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Confusion for a Cause

Building a beaver baffle at Norton Brook Reservoir  We love beavers. Plain and simple. In this time of rapidly changing climate, Job 1 in our forests is to slow, spread, and sink the flow of storm runoff—to keep water and soil in forests and out of rivers, lakes, and communities. Beavers walk that talk every day, putting their abundant creative …