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Vermont Coverts: Woodlands for Wildlife
United States
Приєднався 17 кві 2020
Vermont Coverts is committed to enabling landowners to make well-informed decisions that meet their forest management goals and enhance diverse wildlife habitat and healthy ecosystems. We offer in-person trainings that include classroom and field studies, and forest stewardship webinars on diverse topics. We also facilitate personal contacts among individual landowners, experts, public agencies and private organizations in the conservation arena.
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What are Your Woods Telling You? Join us for an exciting presentation with Noah Charney, author of These Trees Tell a Story, as we explore the landscape revealing the hidden stories that the trees and landscapes hold.
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VT Coverts hosts VT Fish and Wildlife Biologist Jens Hilke as he shares about Vermont Conservation Design, a handy online mapping tool that identifies the lands and waters most important for maintaining Vermont's ecologically functional landscape - one that conserves current biological diversity and allows species to move and shift in response to climate and land-use changes.
Ticks in Vermont
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Vermont Coverts hosts Patti Casey of the Vermont Agency Agriculture, Food & Markets to learn about ticks. In this program you will learn about tick species found in Vermont, their life cycles, and ways to protect yourself. Casey will share the latest from the VT Agency of Agriculture’s tick surveillance programs that have helped identify tick habitat, population density by town, and what diseas...
Understanding NRCS (Natural Resource Conservation Service) Programs
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Learn about the programs and associated practices offered through NRCS, to provide cost-share funding to assist with enhancing your land. Preseneters share the general process and different types of programs as well as discuss some of the most common practices utilized to improve wildlife habitat and overall forest health.
Stone Walls: Links to Human and Woodland Ecology
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Presntation on Stone Walls by Robert Thorson sharing about stone wall science, human ecology and woodland habitat.
Forest Management in Her Woods
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Learn about the demonstration projects WOW VT completed in 2023 and meet with a few of our landonwers. You’ll learn about each woman’s goals for their land and how they worked with the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps to implement their forest management project. WOW-VT is a collaborative women-centered community that shares information and offers support for people who take care of Vermont’s f...
Management Guide for Estern Hemlock Conservation in Vermont
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Savannah Ferreira, Forest Health Specialist with the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation shares about the natural history of hemlocks, the stressors affecting them, and how to ID Hemlock Woolly Adelgid just as the overwintering generation becomes visible in our woods while highlighting strategies from the recently released Management Guide for Eastern Hemlock Conservation in Ver...
Crazy, Jumping, Asian Snake Worms!
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This program explains about Jumping Worms.
Community Farming & Grassland Birds: A Local Conservation Strategy
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This project tells the stories of individual grassland birds and their young, aiming to inspire Vermont landowners and communities to work together to halt the declining populations of these birds. Many Bobolinks and Savannah Sparrows born in and around Shelburne Farms return to breed near where they were born -generation to generation. This allows the Perlut Lab to uniquely tell the stories of...
Understanding UVA's Forest Reserve Category
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This program shares about the new forest reserve category which is available to landowners on July 1st.
Landscaping for Pollinators
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Learn about pollinators, the plants they love and strategies to plant.
Birding Her-story
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Bridget Butler the Bird Diva shares about the lost legacy of women in ornithology.
Winter Reading with Land Ethic Vermont
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Land Ethic Vermont leaders discuss some of thier favorite books on nature, science, conservation, and the great outdoors. Partners from the Vermont Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy, Vermont Coverts, the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation will share their top picks perfect for reading by the fire.
Vermont Conservation Design for Landowners
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Have you ever considered how your land fits in to the ecology of Vermont? Wondering if your woods are a cut above? Join Andy Wood with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department to learn how Vermont Conservation Design’s cutting edge science can help you better understand your woods, waters, and wildlife. Participants can expect to leave with an understanding of how to access VCD data, how to map...
WOW-VT Landowner Forestry Demonstration Project with Vermont Youth Conservation Corps
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WOW-VT Landowner Forestry Demonstration Project with Vermont Youth Conservation Corps
Habitat Improvements for Vermont's Black Bears
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Habitat Improvements for Vermont's Black Bears
Winter Tree ID with Vermont Women Owning Woodlands
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Winter Tree ID with Vermont Women Owning Woodlands
Winter Reading with Land Ethic Vermont
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Winter Reading with Land Ethic Vermont
Introduction to Vermont's Current Use Program
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Introduction to Vermont's Current Use Program
Reflections on Historical Land Use and Current Wildlife Habitat
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Reflections on Historical Land Use and Current Wildlife Habitat
Washington County Forester - Robert Nelson
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Washington County Forester - Robert Nelson
The Fascinating Lives of Wood Turtles - Ecology and Conservation of a Rare Turtle in Vermont
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The Fascinating Lives of Wood Turtles - Ecology and Conservation of a Rare Turtle in Vermont
When will the state release all State Owned and Controlled lands to the Tribes and Nations in the State? They will be able to do a better job than your department. When will you return the lands?
This information needs to be in our schools every year. Unfortunately most adults are not going to take the time to watch this 1 hour video, however if this information is instilled in the children then they are more than likely to bring their knowledge home.
what about controlled burns for managing ticks?
Ticks are not Biggest Problem in Vermont Today. For This happened to me Yesterday 03/26/2024 in Bennington, Vermont when a Criminal illegal Alien Attacked me in my Apt. Building and Tried to Throw me down the Stairs after I told him he had to Leave and that he could not go around making his Camp in the Hallways Blocking People's Only way in and out of my Apt. and then when the Local PD came 45 Minutes Later (And this is why I had to Call my Landlord to Remove this illegal Alien Criminal and my Landlord did Remove him on the Spot within Seconds) and the Local Police Department is Less then a 1/4 Mile away they wouldn't Charge the illegal Alien Criminal and the PD tried to make it Sound as it was my Fault I was Attacked for Telling the illegal Alien Criminal that he had to Leave So then I Asked the Local PD would be doing this to ME if I was a Woman that this Male Criminal illegal Alien done this to and the PD told me But YOUR Not a Woman and then told me that I had No Right to tell a illegal Alien Criminal that don't live in my Build and I ask the illegal Alien Criminal what are you doing here? Do you Live here? Do you know anyone Here? and he Said NO to all my Questions so I told him you can't be here you can't Set up your Camp outside my Door Blocking me into my Apt. and that is when he Grabbed me out of my Doorway to my Apt. and Tried to Throw me down my Flight of Stairs after I told him he had to Leave and that he can't go around Breaking into People's homes and Setting up Your Camp in People Buildings Blocking People into there Homes and the Bennington, Vermont PD Treated ME as if I was the Criminal in MY OWN HOME as I was Wrong and that I Could NOT Tell anyone they had to Leave even though they don't live here and then I Tried to get a Trespass Order on my Attacker and the Bennington PD told me NO I could not get a No Trespass Order for I was not the Landlord. and that the illegal Alien Criminal is getting on a Bus to Florida as the PD Spoke to me and that Some how that made Everything A OK and because the illegal Alien Criminal Said he wasn't Setting up Camp in the Building and that he Didn't Attack me Even though when he Attacked me he made me Bleed and Left Marks on me and there was NO Marks on him for I didn't Touch him they wouldn't Charge him.. this is So Wrong this is one more Way the Local Democrats are Waging a illegal Murderous WAR on the Law Obeying American Children and Citizens and this Criminal Tried to Throw me down the Stairs and Murder me and The Local PD Refuse to do there JOB and Protect me a Disabled American in there own Home. and the Bennington Officer at the end said Sorry to me and Said he would have done the Same thing I done but it is Totally out of his hands for the Not Charging him is coming from Higher up and he Feels Bad for me and that I should go to the Courts and ask for a relief of abuse order and a Stocking Order on my Attacker. I will be Filing a Complaint with the Bennington PD and as Far up in the Chain as I can if I can File it Federally with the DOJ I will for this is Total B.S. being Attacked in your own Building by an illegal Alien Criminal and Nothing is done about it and now he has Jump the State and is headed to Florida to do this to Some Other Victim. It's a Very Sad Day when your Landlord Protects your Life more then the Local Police Department P.S. This illegal Alien Criminal has had the Bennington PD Called on him Every Single Day by other Bennington Citizens who he broke into there homes or Businesses and who knows how long this been going on but I know Since I Frist Seen him over a Month Ago and they The Bennington PD do Nothing about him Breaking into homes and Businesses and it is his M.O. and this was not the Frist time he Tried this in my Build this was the Second Time he been Removed out of my Building for this. and for some Reason the Benn. PD when they Remove him Never Locks him up they bring him to the Bennington Hospital for he Clearly knows how to Play the System.
Great info!
question: will the Land Use Plan have another 'sale' for getting out of the Land Use progam?
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Great information and presentation. Thank you!
I was suspecting that that was what hit the beach trees on my property in calais, VT. Thanks for the great presentation!
The graph he showed was why I look to see if Vermont really had wild hogs and found this video.
I live close to a wildlife refuge in south east Mississippi. While exploring the area I have come across what appears to be a tire, wedged between trees, with string around it to secure it to them. It is about 6 or 7 foot up in the trees, and I have seen it twice in the area. Both tires were about the same height from the ground, both secured against the trees with string, like purposefully placed. One is in an area that generally floods in the spring, not sure if the water gets up high enough to reach it. The other I seen recently, and although it was along where a small runoff creak flows when it rains, water would never reach its height in that area. Ever heard of this, like is it something foresters use to mark something? I ask because I've only recently found the 2nd one as they were thinning out thickets on the refuge recently, exposing this. Thanks
I-91 has changed the deer density . Thousands of deer and unborn fawns have been killed. At least two winter yards were destroyed in its making as well.
Is there anything out there for reclaimed surface mining property from late 60s? Minimal soil, low pH and still some orange surface water
Video was very well done and Instructional
I've only seen 1 on my property along the Ompompanoosuc R. headwaters. It was about 60-ft from the river. They are quick movers. Town: _______; Elevation 825-ft. Time of year: mid-June. Around 2002
Please spread the word about Wood Turtles and all turtles and tortoises.... Never take a healthy turtle out of it's environment. They belong there.... if you see an injured turtle PLEASE find a licensed rehabber and take it there.
I saved a 20 year old male wood turtle who had been hit by a car. I took him to a rehabber and she put him back together with crazy glue & gave him some antibiotics. He was released the following fall. This was in Sullivan Co. NY. This particular rehabber said Wood Turtles only live 30 years. I don't doubt that's wrong.
Released I believe where he came from of course...right by a very busy road and a racetrack/casino.
This was really good. I appreciate your efforts to educate people about this information.
In the future, edit your images so they do not have map identifiers, like the highway name visible in this. Opsec!!
This is really informative and thorough. Thank you!
I camped at Nickerson state park in Cape Cod Mass 6/17/22 - 6/25/22. It was infested with gypsy moth caterpillars. Some trees had so many caterpillars on the trunk you couldn't see the bark. It rained poop on my tent for a week, I had to wash my giant 11-person tent in the bathtub and re-waterproof it when I got home. While we were at the campsite we watched the caterpillars grow before our eyes, they had doubled in size by the time we left. It rained one day and then they started dying in large numbers. At the time, I attributed it to them just getting too cold, but now I wonder if the fungus did them in. They died stuck on the trees and although their bodies seemed intact their insides turned into gooey black smelly decomposing gunk that would get all over you if you accidentally brushed up against one and broke open its body 🤮
You mean gypsy moth right ?
Yes, spongy moth was formerly known as gypsy moth
Can start by calling it what it is, a gypsy moth.
Very Valuable presentations
They are very active in Bennington, circling my property at dusk and daily. Last night, one found flying in my basement; circled four times and then disappeared. Likely hiding in rafters or left where it entered. Now, I must learn how it entered.
We used to have a deer wintering/feeding area that the State wanted. I guess they no longer do it, but I’d like to address it. Will ask my forester when we meet to develop our next Management Plan.
Our property has been in Current Use since the program started. The interaction with our consultant forester has been wonderful and has really fostered the interest in preserving our woodlands. Educating ourselves to all the woods and wildlife our own property has been terrific. The latest is seeking out and eradicating any invasives on our property as well.
I learned a lot! Thank you so much for this lecture.
As a new woodland owner in vermont this is fantastic information that is clearly presented. Thanks!
Thanks for a great program. Nancy mentioned getting all of the root out for Buckthorn. I have seen Buckthorn stump sprout (prolifically). I was unaware that it would also root sprout (I assumd what I was seeing was just pre-existing seeds in the soil germinating). Does it just sprout from near the broken end of the root, or can it also sprout from other places along the length of the roots (like Poplar does)?
Thanks for your question, John! We reached out to Nancy and here is what she said: "Buckthorn doesn't re-sprout from underground roots. However, digging up the underground roots may be necessary for replacement plants to establish. Pulling the shrub out can be very successful, but it is not as easy to pull as Honeysuckle. Honeysuckle does re-sprout from roots and so pulling all the roots and monitoring is necessary."
Thanks for making this available to watch post event
I really admire your work and serious knowledge on these guys. I and a few other people working with me for the past few years have been captive breeding NAWTS in New England and we found a pretty good population I've found around 15 in about a 50 acre area. This population is found deep in a clean protected woods that likely never even sees more then 3 people a week and no vehicles. For the past 5 years this small community of North American wood turtle keepers have been captive breeding them and we currently have 8 pairs and 36 young turtles ages from a year to almost 5 years. The project aimed from the start to be as hands off as possible In order to teach them to fend for themselves. They eat alot of captive bred - disease free snails, fish (thiminise free) pesticide free blueberries and raspberries (often found in the area), and all this with little to no contact with us whenever possible. Even their enclosures are filled with the microbiology from the valley where the population is. This year when the first 7 juveniles reach 5 they will be released into thier new extremely secluded and healthy environment and because of how secluded they are, humans should have little to no impact hopefully. This project has been very rewarding and expensive but the release day is going to make it all worth it, I really wish I could tell people the place of release but so people could admire them like I do but I know what would happen if I did.
Dont tell anybody
Great program. I enjoyed watching it "live", and I've also shared this link with friends who are interested in enrolling in Current Use. I do have a question: does land enrolled in an ESTA count toward the 20% cap on otherwise productive soils which are not managed for timber?
Thanks for your question, John! We reached out to Keith, and here's his response: "In the past, there used to be a cap on ESTA enrollments which were limited to 20% of the forested productive soils. However, that cap was lifted by legislation and now there is no cap when all other eligibility criteria are met on a parcel. We have some guidance on navigating the “20% rules” which might help to address this question. fpr.vermont.gov/sites/fpr/files/Forest_and_Forestry/Your_Woods/Library/UVA%2020%20pct.%20guidance%20final.pdf"
Welcome to Lamoille County, Emily!
Cassie’s Aunt Brenda here. Proud of you and this presentation was very informative! I learned a lot from this! Thank you Cass. 💟
is ther going to be any more of these videos with a Game Warden
We don't have any scheduled at the moment, but it's possible, especially if we hear there is a lot of interest.
Save the wildlife! Plant a tree! Be a birdwatcher!
Links to two publications referred to in this webinar: Habitat Management Guidelines for Amphibians and Reptiles of the Northeastern United States northeastparc.org/habitat-management-guidelines/ Vermont Acceptable Management Practices fpr.vermont.gov/forest/managing-your-woodlands/acceptable-management-practices
there used to be a feed/grain store in lancaster nh. he had a wild boar mounted on the wall behind the counter. he swears he shot it in lancaster. after a few years he took it down. i think he got tired of people saying, no way! it was big, like 3 feet to the shoulder.
Very interesting. So it is possible to track down and find individual pigs after they have been reported. No Big Foot though. Supposedly people have seen them all over NA, and even though they would need a breeding pop.....you see what I am getting at..lol
Hi Clare This is so invigorating, to see you LIVE... taking me back to 2008 when we met at the College of the Atlantic and you taught our amazing group at the College...... I taught and am still inspired by you. You are Amazing!!!! Congratulations on your NEW book of nature journaling. You have always been by first mentor of art and drawing from Nature. I am deciding who to donate my books to among friends. Still sketching and trying to get back to painting. Fabulous video of your inspirations. Wish continued success in all your jounrnals...... My friend and colleague, Pat Catucci sent your video to me announcing your Nature as Solace: Keeping a Nature Journal....Loved it. Be well and keep safe on the Road Sheila Cohen Lititz, PA