Saturday, October 5th 10:00 am to noon707 Rice Farm Rd., Dummerston, Vt Join WRWA for a walk in the woods on the topic of “Vermont’s Ash: the use, management and preservation of this threatened species.” Local licensed forester and tree enthusiast Dan Healey will be leading a conversation about Vermont’s threatened ash trees in his […]
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Seeing plants with Allison Turner
– medicinal, bizarre, or just plain lovely Saturday, Aug 26, 10:00-noonHogback Mountain Conservation Area, Marlboro, VT. Vermont’s meadows and forest edges are always lovely – picture the waves of greenery dotted with flowers swaying gently in the breeze. How often do you stop and look closely at that mass of plant life? Doing so with […]
Insights Into Timber Stand Improvement
Saturday June 1st -10:00 am – Vernon Whether you are interested in doing pre-commercial thinning yourself or simply want to better understand what your forester is recommending for your young forest, this workshop will help you see your trees in a new light. Landowner Munson Hicks will host Forester George Weir and County Forester Sam […]
Forestry for the Birds – 10 years later, did it work?
Sunday, June 2, 7:30 am, Halifax Do wildlife patch cuts really work? Ten years after a six-acre patch was cleared to the ground using a brontosaurus-type forest mulcher with assistance from an EQIP grant, we’ll be looking for the birds that are supposed to be attracted to the fresh young growth that has sprung up. […]
Plant Walk – natives and invasives, medicinals, science and folklore.
Saturday June 8, 10:00 am to noon – Retreat Farm Brattleboro Allison Turner (PhD, Pharmacognosy) will be leading a plant walk from 10:00-noon on Saturday, June 8 at the Retreat Farm in Brattleboro. Together, we’ll be identifying the lower-growing plants at the edges of forest and in nearby fields. We will see native and non-native […]
