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 […]
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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 […]
Keeping an Eye on Beech: Understanding Beech Leaf Disease – a webinar
Monday June 10th, noon to 1:00 pm – Webinar On Monday, June 10, from noon to 1:00 pm, join Savannah Ferreira, forest health specialist with VT Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) and Andrew Hirsch, protection forester with VT FPR to learn about the invasive pest beech leaf disease. Beech leaf disease is a novel invasive […]
Mushroom Cultivating Workshop – Guilford
Sunday, June 16, 9:00-1:00 Mushrooms are an amazing member of the forest community, not quite plant and not quite animal, but a key player in decomposing woody material and providing essential nutrients to trees. Some are edible or medicinal, and others can be deadly. WRWA member Matt Stinchfield can help you learn to grow edible mushrooms in […]
