CANCELED Friday & Saturday, May 15 and 16 Jeffrey Ward, Chief Scientist from the Department of Forestry and Horticulture at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station 130 Austine Drive, Holton Hall 4th Floor, Brattleboro, Vermont At 7:00 p.m. Friday evening, May 15, and on a woods walk the next morning. The woods walk will be at […]
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Treating Your Woodlot as a Business
Thursday, November 7th – 6:30 p.m.Holton Hall, 130 Austine Dr. Brattleboro Lead by George Weir, a private consulting forester with more than forty years of experience in our area and Sam Schneski, our Windham County forester, there will be discussion about Use Value Appraisal, growing timber for profit, state and federal programs for woodland improvement, […]
Green Burial Workshop
Thursday, November 21st – 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Holton Hall, 130 Austine Dr. Brattleboro More and more people are asking for environmentally responsible burial options that reflect their personal values. The practice of burying bodies without embalming with toxic chemicals, encasing in metal or rainforest wood caskets, or cement or plastic outer vaults—truly body to earth—is timeless, interrupted only […]
Member Ramble -home of Steve Soszinski
Saturday, September 21st – 5:00 p.m. Enrolled in UVA, this property was somewhat neglected by the previous owner and Steve has been on an enthusiastic learning curve to manage the invasives and prepare to implement the forestry plan. Steve writes: A gentle walk through 72 acres of forest, fields, and views of 3 acres of […]
Allard Lumber Mill Tour
Wednesday, July 17th at 5:00 p.m. We will meet at the main office at 74 Glen Orne Drive. Dress appropriately including covered toe shoes or boots. We will be inside, outside, and on uneven ground. The company was started in 1974 and is now owned by Clifford Allard. Allard buys standing timber and logs from […]
