Saturday August 24, 2019 – Public Welcome8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (rain or shine) Registration Fee/lunch is $8, payable at the site. The meeting this year will be held at Shatterack Forest, 450 acres which have been owned by the same family for four generations. The story of the family, their forest, and their connection […]
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Game of Logging- 2019
Chainsaw Training Information All Sessions are Full -Look for sessions in the SpringLevel 1 Women’s Workshop: Sunday, September 29 – 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Level 1: Saturday, October 5 – 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Level 2: Sunday, October 6 – 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Putney School, 418 Houghton Brook Rd, Putney, […]
Essential Oils and Hydrosols from Local Plants
Sunday, May 19th 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. –Preregistration Required Join herbalist Santalena Groves, Alchemist/Creator of Heart Grown Wild, LLC, an herbal skincare company based out of Southern Vermont, to take a deep dive into how essential oils are produced through live distillation of wild harvested plants. Join us for a plant walk outside and […]
Somerset Old Growth Forest Tour
Saturday March 2 WRWA Members Only Field Trip Retired Windham County Forester Bill Guenther will lead a tour to a Somerset woodlot in what we believe to be a stand of old growth, which consists mostly of yellow birch. This 60-acre property was a gift to Leland & Gray High School many years ago. About […]
Winter Tree Walk & Potluck Lunch
Saturday, March 9th at 10 a.m. Bill Guenther, who recently retired as Windham County Forester, will lead a winter tree identification walk in a Halifax woodlot, about a 15-minute drive from West Brattleboro. Bill will show us how to use characteristics such as habitat, growth form, branching pattern, and bark to identify about 20 species […]