Zine on the River
Zine on the River Make a small booklet, a habitat zine, from a single piece of paper, then fill it with your nature observations for this drop-in program. Cut and draw in it to recreate your favorite river habitats. If…
Sharing Like Cats and Dogs: Bobcats & Coyotes on the Vermont Landscape
Sharing Like Cats and Dogs: Bobcats & Coyotes on the Vermont Landscape Bobcats and coyotes compete for resources across Vermont. Yet they go about it with very different styles and have settled into an equilibrium since coyotes first appeared in…
Franklin County Regional Pollinator Plan – Stories and Community Building Virtual Gathering
Franklin County Regional Pollinator Plan – Stories and Community Building Virtual Gathering The Franklin Regional Council of Governments is currently wrapping up its update to the Regional Pollinator Action Plan for Franklin County* and want to bring together all 13…
Homegrown National Park
Tufts University Hoch Cunningham Environmental Lectures Speaker: Doug Tallamy, University of Delaware Online Viewer Livestream Registration – Feb 29 Our parks, preserves, and remaining wildlands – no matter how grand in scale – are too small and separated from one…
Managing for Biodiversity
The “little things that run the world” are in big trouble: insect populations are plummeting, and many species are headed for extinction. This insect species decline has big implications for our food systems, ecology, and biodiversity. The good news is that…
Meadowmaking for Beginners
Part of Grow Native Massachusetts' Evenings with Experts series Meadow-style plantings are becoming increasingly popular, particularly as an alternative to the lawns that cover tens of millions of acres in the U.S. Our turf monocultures have many detrimental environmental impacts,…
“Creating and Managing Landscapes for Native Bees” with Heather Holm
Join Heather Holm LIVE as she explores the nesting habitats, life cycles, pollen collection, brood rearing, and general characteristics of some of the most common native bees in eastern North America, while highlighting the pollination of native plants and the…
Alive in the Fields: Understanding Grassland Bird Habitat and Protection
Join Fish & Wildlife Department Bird Project Leader Doug Morin to learn more about grassland bird species and what towns can do to protect this piece of natural heritage. Did you know that Vermont is home to eleven species of…
Understanding Grassland Bird Habitat and Protection
Did you know that Vermont is home to eleven species of grassland birds? Did you know that five of these are listed as Threatened or Endangered and the other six are listed as Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN)? That…
Eversource Headquarters Standout (ACTION CALL)
Eversource plans to expand its transmission corridor in Hampshire & Franklin Counties. They want to double the width of the corridor to 200 feet by clearcutting an additional 370 acres of forest! We insist that the Mass. Executive Office of…