![Vermont Atlas of Life Map of the Week: Paper Birches](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/birchmaps2-280x200.jpg)
Vermont Atlas of Life Map of the Week: Paper Birches
With the leaves dropping fast, the intricate peeling bark of birch trees becomes more noticeable. Many people don’t realize that…
![Vermont Atlas of Life New Partner: Merck Forest and Farmland Center](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/header-280x200.jpg)
Vermont Atlas of Life New Partner: Merck Forest and Farmland Center
We’d like to welcome Merck Forest and Farmland Center (MFFC) as the newest partner with the Vermont Atlas of Life….
![Another Record Year for Loons in Vermont](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/chicks-wingflap-1-ad-orah-moore-280x200.jpg)
Another Record Year for Loons in Vermont
We feel like a skipping record saying, “it’s another record year,” but it was yet again! Thank you volunteers and…
![VCE Presents 2013 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/David-Hoag-280x200.jpg)
VCE Presents 2013 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award
Dave Hoag, a life-long resident of Grand Isle, is a man of few words but myriad natural history accomplishments. He’d rather talk about winged creatures than himself any day.
![VCE Presents the 2012 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Kevin-Hemeon-280x200.jpg)
VCE Presents the 2012 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award
Citizen scientist Kevin Hemeon plans to continue his contributions to citizen science projects for as long as he can swing a net and hoist a pair of binoculars.
![VCE Presents the 2011 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Ed-Hack-390x310.jpg)
VCE Presents the 2011 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award
From his urban roots in New Jersey to his life in rural Vermont, citizen scientist Ed Hack has maintained a love of nature and a steadfast commitment
to participation in a wide array of citizen science projects.
![VCE Presents the 2010 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Ruth-Stewart-276x200.jpg)
VCE Presents the 2010 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award
For more than 30 years, Ruth Stewart has been an avid student of natural history, an environmental advocate, conservationist, citizen scientist, and teacher.
![VCE Announces 2009 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Roy-Pilcher-280x200.jpg)
VCE Announces 2009 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award
Roy Pilcher has arguably volunteered more time, logged more miles, and expended more energy than anyone in the past quarter century to advance bird and wildlife conservation in Vermont.